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2. Installing JBuilderTM 8

2.1 Platforms

JBuilder 8 can be installed in Windows® 2000(SP2), XP, or NT4.0(SP6a), SolarisTM 7(2.7) or 8(2.8) and Red Hat® Linux 6.2 or 7.2.

2.2 System Requirements

The minimum system requirement for JBuilder 8 Enterprise is 256MB. Also the recommended hard disk space is 700MB. Refer to http://www.borland.com/jbuilder/pdf/jb8_sysreqs.pdf for the details.

2.3 Installation

JBuilder 8 can be installed with a trial or licensed CD, which can be obtained from Borland Sales Office. JBuilder 8 trial edition can also be downloaded from http://www.borland.com/products/downloads/download_jbuilder.html.

Please see http://www.borland.com/company/borland_worldwide.html for contact information.

2.4 Registration

After JBuilder 8 trial edition installation, obtain the trial license key from http://www.borland.com/products/downloads/download_jbuilder.html.

If you already have the license keys, register JBuilder with the license keys.

2.5 Tuning JBuilder 8

The default heap size for the Java Virtual Machine (JVMTM) can be changed in <JBuilder_Installed_Dir>\bin\jbuilder.config

Change the size of the heap to suit to your machine environment in the following two parameters in jbuilder.config.

Note: For the rest of the white paper, the JBuilder 8 installation directory or JBUILDER_HOME is assumed as C:\Borland\JBuilder8.

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