After you download WebMate system, you should get a zip file. Follow the instructions below for setting up WebMate on a Unix or Windows platform.

1. Install the webmate-beta program.

Windows 95/98:

1. Unzip the "webmate-beta.zip" file. Use a program such as WinZip (available from Shareware.com) to uncompress the .zip file. Create a new directory on your hard drive called "webmate-beta," and extract all the files into this directory.
2. Change to the directory where the WebMate files are located. Use an MS-Dos window to do this. (You must have jdk installed on your machine.) In the example below, this directory is called "webmate-beta." Then launch the program:

   The command is case-sensitive, so make sure you type it exactly as shown. (A lower-case "m" will return an error.)

   c:\> cd \webmate-beta c:\webmate-beta> \jdk1.1.8\bin\java WebMate

   If you are running a different version of jdk, you will have to change jdk1.1.8 in the example above to the version number you are running. The command above assumes that your version of jdk is running off the root directory.

Unix:

1. Unzip the "webmate-beta.zip" file. Type "unzip webmate-beta" at the command prompt. Make sure the zip file is located in the directory where you want the files extracted. Otherwise, specify the directory where you want the files extracted in the "unzip". In the example below, the .zip file is extracted to the "usr/tmp" directory.
2. Set your CLASSPATH to point to the directory where the WebMate files are located. (You must have jdk installed on your machine.) Then launch the program. In the example below, the java command returns a "can't find class" error until the CLASSPATH is set to point to the directory (in this case, usr/tmp) where the Webmate.class file is located.

   The command is case-sensitive, so make sure you type it exactly as shown. (A lower-case "m" will return an error.)

   > java WebMate Can't find class WebMate > setenv CLASSPATH /usr/tmp > java WebMate

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