Editing Installing the Cartographer GUI (section)

== Unpacking/Installing the Distribution (Zip Format) ==

The Cartographer GUI is distributed as a zip file containing all the necessary jars.  Upon downloading, unzip the contents into the desired directory.

On UNIX:
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%unzip Cartographer.zip
Archive:  Cartographer.zip
  inflating: Cartographer.jar        
  inflating: Xmp.jar                 
  inflating: jgraph.jar              
  inflating: jgraphlayout.jar  
</pre>

On Windows, simply right-click on the zip file and extract to the desired directory.

The jar files contained in the distribution are:

* '''Cartographer.jar''' contains the Java code for the Cartographer GUI 
* '''Xmp.jar'''  contains the Java code to communicate, via the [[XMP]], with Cartographer agents.  All protocol code is encapsulated in this jar file.
* '''jgraph.jar'''  contains the basic JGraph classes for Swing-like open-source graph component for Java.  See [http://www.jgraph.com JGraph] for more information.
* '''jgraphlayout.jar''' contains the JGraph layout code for automatic positioning of graphs.  See [http://www.jgraph.com JGraph] for more information.