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				 Colt should happily run on any Unix and any Windows with java-1.2.x or higher.
					Currently, we know it runs at least on Linux, Solaris, MacOSX and Windows 2000 or higher.
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				 Download colt-{version}.(tar.gz, zip)from here.
				Releases can be installed via a tar.gz file (Unix) or zip file (Windows).
					Warning 
						
							 Because of a bug in Solaris tar, Solaris users should use gnu
								tar to unpack archives.  Due too an obscure bug, Winzip and possibly other Windows
								decompression tools may miss empty directories. Consequently, use
								the .zip download file on Windows, and DO NOT decompress tar[.gz]
								files on Windows.  Decompress the file into any convenient directory (the software is relocatable) In the examples below we assume as installation directory
/opt/colt                         (Unix)
c:\colt                           (Windows) 
If you choose to install into an alternative location (e.g. /usr/local,
						$HOME, d:\apps) then substitute the paths used in examples on this
					website accordingly.
cd /opt	 
tar -zxvf colt-{version}.tar.gz   (Unix)
Winzip colt-{version}.zip         (Windows)
This will create the directory tree/opt/colt/(Unix) orc:\colt(Windows). Add colt.jar and concurrent.jar to your CLASSPATH
export CLASSPATH=/opt/colt/lib/colt.jar:/opt/colt/lib/concurrent.jar:$CLASSPATH  (on Unix bash style)
set CLASSPATH=c:\colt\lib\colt.jar;c:\colt\lib\concurrent.jar;%CLASSPATH%        (on Windows)
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