Installing and
Running Jet
You need Java 1.5 or later in order to run Jet. It runs under
Linux, Apple Mac OS X, and Windows through terminal windows.
Download the latest Jet distribution tar file and extract all the
files with tar -xzvf.
The expanded directory will include
- jet-all.jar, the Jet 'executable' (including all libraries)
- bin, a directory with simple scripts for invoking Jet
under Linux and Mac OS
- win, a directory with simple scripts for invoking Jet
under Windows
- docs, a directory of user documentation files
- props, a directory of configuration files
- data, a directory of data files used by Jet
- acedata, a directory of additional data files used by Jet
for Ace information extraction
- example, a directory of files giving an example for
running Jet for Ace information extraction
- runAceExample, a script to run this example
- NOTICE, a copyright / license notice
In addition, the directory will contain the following files and
directories for those who wish to recompile or modify Jet
- src, a directory with the Jet source files
- test, a directory with source files of Jet unit tests
- parser-stub-src, stub sources for a statistical
parser
- lib, a directory containing other jar files required
by Jet
- build.xml, scripts for building Jet using ant
To use Jet,
- for Linux and Mac OS, add the bin directory to your path;
for Windows, add win to your path
- set the environment variable JET_HOME to point to
the top directory into which the Jet files have been unpacked
- invoke Jet using the jet, xjet, and ace
commands
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.