Viivi Installation Stage A

Here the Viivi installation process of Stage A is summarized briefly.
If you are familiar with the system, or if you like simple explanation, please follow the items on this page.
If you do not know what to do with the simple explanation, please follow the detailed instructions in the link for each item.

Try to Run It Anyway

1. Install JRE
   Install JRE (generally called as Java) on your PC.


2. Check Your Home Directory
   Check your home directory (or home folder) on the PC.


3. Create Viivi System Directory
   (Some browsers can do the processes of 3. 4. and 5. at once at downloading.
   In that case, go forward to the item 4.)
   Create a system directory named Viivi in your home directory (checked at 2.) in order to extract Viivi system files in it.


4. Download Viivi Package
   Download the Viivi distribution package zip file.
   (Some browsers can do processes of 3. 4. and 5. at once here.)
   The package zip file is available from Viivi Download Page.


5. Extract Viivi Package
   (If you have already done this work at 4., you don't need to repeat it here.)
   Extract the contents of the Viivi package zip file (downloaded at 4.) into the Viivi system directory (created at 3.).
   


6. Run Viivi (Stage A)
   In the terminal/CMD window, change the directory to the Viivi system directory (created at 4.).
   (The home directory on Windows platform is assumed here as C:\Users\ilma\.)
   

   	$ cd ${HOME}/Viivi/⮠			for Unix-like platforms (sh system) ($ is the shell prompt)
   	% cd ${HOME}/Viivi/⮠			for Unix-like platforms (csh system) (% is the shell prompt)
   	> cd C:\Users\ilma\Viivi\⮠	for Windows platforms (> is the cmd prompt)
   

   Now input the line below following to the prompt in the terminal/CMD window:

   	$ java -jar Viivi.jar -K⮠		for Unix-like platforms (sh system) ($ is the shell prompt)
   	% java -jar Viivi.jar -K⮠		for Unix-like platforms (csh system) (% is the shell prompt)
   	> java -jar Viivi.jar -K⮠		for Windows platforms (> is the cmd prompt)
   

   If you see the Viivi's prompt

   	> 

   at the end of the output, then the simple installation was successful.


7. Let's try a few tests.
   Following to the Viivi's prompt shown at 6., input as

   	> 30⮠

   If you see another 30 and a new prompt > near the end of the output

   	30
   	> 

   then the test was successful.
   (Perhaps you will see some extra outputs before them.
   They are Viivi trace output, and you can ignore them right now.)
   
   So, let's exit from Viivi.
   Following to the Viivi's prompt, input as

   	> (exit)⮠

   then you will see the prompt of the terminal/CMD window.
   (Here again, you will see some extra outputs before them.
   You can ignore them right now.)
   Everything has passed as shown here, all the installation process of Stage A completed.
   

In the above check, we provided the argument command "-K" to boot Viivi in the kernel-mode.
You can boot Viivi also in the IDE-mode with the argument command "-G" as

	$ java -jar Viivi.jar -G⮠		for Unix-like platforms (sh system) ($ is the shell prompt)
	% java -jar Viivi.jar -G⮠		for Unix-like platforms (csh system) (% is the shell prompt)
	> java -jar Viivi.jar -G⮠		for Windows platforms (> is the cmd prompt)

If you succeeded in the installation Stage A here, you can continue to use Viivi in this style.
But it must be troublesome that you have to type every-time the long command like

	java -jar Viivi.jar -K⮠

Do you have a problem here?
Please refer to Troubled at Stage A.