vqServer Installation



This page describes the steps you will need to take before running vqServer for the first time. They are worth reading, even if you are used to installing applications on your computer. If you're got a Macintosh computer read the Macintosh page instead.
  1. Install a web browser if necessary, following its supplier's instructions, and check that it is working correctly.
  2. Install a Java Virtual Machine (JVM), following its supplier's instructions, and check that it is working correctly. This documentation assumes that you have added the JVM program directory to your PATH environment variable and set up a CLASSPATH environment variable if necessary.
  3. Install any Java performance-enhancing measures such as just-in-time compilers available for your hardware and operating system, following their suppliers' instructions (this usually happens by default when you install a JVM). A just-in-time compiler makes a significant difference to the performance of a complex Java application such as vqServer and is strongly recommended. This documentation assumes that you have set up any necessary environment variables, such as JAVA_COMPILER.
  4. Create a directory for your web site. A suitable name for this directory would be website/.
  5. Extract the contents of the distribution archive, vqserver.zip, to your website directory using a utility such as pkunzip. Make sure that the directory structure of the distribution archive is preserved and that the long file names in the distribution archive are preserved.
  6. Check the results of the above extraction process. Your website/ directory should now contain a number of subdirectories and a file named readme.html.

vqServer and its installation process are free from side effects: they do not make any changes to system files such as the Windows registry, do not create any hidden files and do not copy any files to system directories. However, installation of a JVM and any just-in-time compilers may have such side effects.


vqServer version 1.8. Copyright © 1997-99 Steve Shering and vqSoft. Last updated 14 March 1999.

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