Building the Vecmath Package

To build the vecmath package, you must first checkout the vecmath CVS repository on java.net. For example, run the cvs checkout command as follows:

cd <cvs-root-dir>
cvs checkout vecmath

This top-level directory must be named "vecmath".

System Requirements

Vecmath is 100% Java, so any operating environment that supports J2SE should work. We have built vecmath on the following operating environments:

• Solaris: Sparc (Ultra60 or better) running Solaris 9
• Linux: i386/i586 running SuSE 9 or RedHat 9.0
• Windows: Windows/XP (Windows 2000 should work, but is untested)
  

The following software must be installed:

• JDK 1.5.0
  
• Apache Ant 1.6.1
  

Building Vecmath

Before you start building, please check that your PATH must include the following directories:

• <ant-root-dir>/bin
• <jdk-root_dir>/bin

The default target, jar-opt, creates an optimized jar files.

Steps:

cd <cvs-root-dir>/vecmath
ant

This will build the javax.vecmath package, which will be put in the vecmath/build/opt sub-directory.

To see other targets that are available, type "ant -projecthelp". Note that ant must be run from the top-level directory.