DOWNLOADING BLUEJ
Assignments should be done
using the free BlueJ development environment over JavaTM 2 Platform Standard Edition 7. (JDKTM 7). To install the BlueJ
environment, please do the following: (OR
CHOOSE TO WATCH A MOVIE OF THE INSTALLATION)
1) Download BlueJ
a) go to: http://www.bluej.org/download/download.html
b) only if using windows: download Java Development Kit:
d)
Download BlueJ version 3.1.0
* If you use windows, right click on
"bluej-310.msi " and choose "save
target as".
* If you use a mac with operating system 10.7.3 (Lion)
or later (Mountain Lion, Maverick), right click on "bluej-310.zip"
and choose "save target as".
* If you use a mac with an operating system older than
10.7.3 (Early Lion or before), right click on
"bluej-mac-legacy-310.zip" and choose "save target as".
e) Run the downloaded BlueJ
version to install it.
3) Install course specific
modifications: (Credited to Dr. Steven
Bloch and Dr. Lee Stemkowski)
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Download the
appropriate version by right clicking the link and choosing save target (or
link) as, and then choosing the desktop:
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Mac – the Mac Version Here
is a movie just for this part on a Mac.
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Windows when BlueJ is installed into a folder called c:\program files\bluej: the
windows version Here
is a movie
just for this part on windows.
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Windows when BlueJ is installed into a folder called c:\program files
(x86): the windows 7+ version Here is a movie
just for this part on windows.
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Remaining
instructions for PC:
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Find the file on
your desktop and right click to unzip. (If you do not have the option to unzip
the folder, you will need to download 7zip from http://www.7-zip.org/
)
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Open the unzipped
folder called bluej_stuff.. and double click installstuff.bat
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Launch BlueJ and verify that the help menu has the csc171 website.
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Note that the
readme file inside the zip file may help troubleshoot problems with this
installation.
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Remaining
instructions for Mac:
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Open finder.
Click applicatons. See either bluej
folder or bluej bird. If you do not, look in your downloads folder and drag it from there.
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If you see bluej-legacy instead of bluej: put
all your bluej folders from applications and downloads
into the trash and restart.
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Go to your downloads folder to see the bluej_stuff
folder. Click it to get inside the folder.
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Click the
installStuff.sh file. It should open a terminal window. Read what that window
says. It should not say “could not find bluej” or “error”
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Launch BlueJ and
verify that the help menu has the csc171 website.
4) Start BlueJ