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Requirements: JRE or JDK 1.1.8 or better (java.sun.com). Recommended: 1.4.1 or higher. (It is best to get Sun's Java VM; Mesquite does not run on some third-party virtual machines.) See notes on the support page, especially regarding issues with window and dialog size and placement.
Instructions: Download and decompress one of the files above. It will create a directory called "Mesquite_Folder" in which all the relevant files reside. The main class file is mesquite.Mesquite. To start Mesquite you can use jre or java. For instance, on a Linux box we've used, the following command is sufficient:
jre -cp /home/myuser/Mesquite_Folder mesquite.Mesquite
where /home/myuser/Mesquite_Folder could be replaced by whatever is the path to the Mesquite_Folder. On some systems the java virtual machine is started by "java" instead of "jre", and thus the command would be:
java -cp /home/myuser/Mesquite_Folder mesquite.Mesquite
Depending on your configuration, you may need to give the explicit path to the java virtual machine, as in:
/usr/java/jre1.4.2/bin/java -cp /usr/local/Mesquite_Folder mesquite.Mesquite
If you've changed the name of Mesquite_Folder to, for instance, "Mesquite1", you may need to use a command like:
/usr/java/jre1.4.2/bin/java -cp /usr/local/Mesquite1 mesquite.Mesquite
To make it easier to start up Mesquite each time, you may want to make a shell script containing the appropriate command.
Once Mesquite has finished loading, go to the File menu to open a file.
If the current user directory is not the Mesquite_Folder, and Mesquite has not been run before, Mesquite may ask you to find the file "manual.html" which resides in the Mesquite_Folder/docs/mesquite/ directory. This will help Mesquite find and remember where its files are.
Mesquite attempts to place windows in particular places on the screen for ease of use, using standard Java calls. Some window managers override this, resulting in haphazard placement of windows. You may need to change your window manager if this sort of thing is happening.
More details of issues of using Mesquite under Linux/UNIX are described in the Support page.