Prerequisites
=============
You need to ensure that a Java Runtime Environment from SUN, version >= 1.5 or
higher (version 1.6.* is recommended), is installed on your system. GNU Java
(GCJ) or OpenJDK is not fully compatible yet and hence not sufficient to run
SmartGit.

Installation
============
Some Linux systems, e.g. Ubuntu, let you install Java Runtime Environment from 
SUN with their usual installation tools (for Ubuntu 10.04: be sure to have the
"partner" repository activated, then install the package "sun-java6-jre" using
Synaptic). If your system does not offer this option, please download the
latest Java Runtime Environment (JRE) from

 http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/
 
and install it. It needs not be installed for the whole machine, a private Java 
Runtime Environment in your home directory to run SmartGit is sufficient.

SmartGit itself does not need to be installed; just unpack it to your preferred 
location and launch the bin/smartgit.sh script. It might be necessary to define
the SMARTGIT_JAVA_HOME environment variable pointing to the used Java home.

If you have further questions regarding the SmartGit on Linux, please ask in
our mailing list:

 http://www.syntevo.com/smartgit/community.html
 
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