## Installing and Running Jet

To run JET, you must have a machine which can run Java, and should have JDK 1.4 or a more recent release.

- download (save to local disk) the latest version of `jet.zip` and extract all the files from the zip; this will yield

- jet.jar - the Jet 'executable'
- lib - a directory of other jar files needed by Jet
- data - a directory of data files used by Jet
- props - a directory of configuration (property) files for Jet
- win - a directory with a batch file to run Jet under Windows
- unix - a directory with a shell script to run Jet under Unix or Linux

- create your own configuration or data files as necessary
- to run under Windows, go to the win folder, open 'Jet', and, when prompted, select the configuration file you want
- to run under Unix/Linux, go to the unix folder and run jet props/config-file`
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The operation of Jet is controlled by the `Jet.properties` file and through the console.

Jet can also be used as part of another application through the JET API.