This directory contains the most recent versions of J for various
Unixes.  The following packages are included:

j402a-AIX.tgz		AIX-4.x / RS6000

j402a-FreeBSD.tgz	i386+ / FreeBSD 2.x

j402b-Linux.tgz		i386+ / Linux
			_The_ most current Linux version to go for.
			It uses the glibc-2 (aka libc6) which has
			become the standard libc for Linux by now.

j402a-Linux-Debian.tgz	i386+ / Linux-2.0.30
			libc5-based, built on a Debian-1.3 distribution;

j402a-Linux.tgz		i386+ / Linux-2.0.32
			libc5-based.
			built on our main working horse linux box
			which is no particular distribution whatsoever;
			the shared-libs J binary is assumed to be
			highly portable;  our standard library has a
			bug which makes "0e5" an "ill-formed number"
			but it may very well work at your site.  (Other
			than that it passes the test suite just fine.)

j402a-NetBSD.tgz	i386+ / NetBSD-1.3.1

j402a-SunOS.tgz		Sparc-1/2/Ultra / SunOS-4.x and SunOS-5.x
			On a Solaris system, the SunOS compatibility kit
			needs to be installed.  (This is the default.)


The .tgz packages are gzipped tar files.  (This "GNU gzip" has nothing
to do with Windows/DOS "ZIP" archives.)  To extract the files, make a
temporary directory which also serves as test stage and cd there. Then,

	gunzip < /whereever/you/saved/it/j402a-YourSys.tgz | tar xvf -

This extracts the entire contents.  The GNU tar used on linux and
the BSDs has a "z" option to trigger the "gunzip" implicitly.  Just
say:

	tar xvzf /whereever/you/saved/it/j402a-YourSys.tgz

After this step, you'll see a README file identifying your package
and setting you on track with the installation procedure.