Follow these steps to install 3Rabbitz Book on your Windows.
The following steps are for Windows 7.
Install Java 6.0 or later.
Download the 3Rabbitz Book installation file.
Decompress the 3Rabbitz Book installation file.
Start 3Rabbitz Book.
Run Installation Wizard.
Installing Java 6.0 or Later
Checking Java Installation and Its Version
To check your Java installation and its version, follow these steps.
In the execution box of the <Start> menu on your Windows, enter
CMD
to run a command prompt.
Execute the following command in the command prompt.
java -version
If the following results does not show up or if the version is not equal to 1.6 or later, then you will have to install Java.
Installing Java
To install Java on your Windows, follow these steps.
Download the Java installation files from the Oracle Java site.
You are recommended to download Java 7. At present, the latest version is Java SE 7u51.
If you use 32 bit Windows, then select Windows x86 Offline and if you use 64 bit Windows, then select Windows x64.
Should I download JRE or should I download JDK?
JRE(Java Runtime Environment) is used to run the software made using Java(3Rabbitz Book and so on) and JDK(Java Development Kit) is a group of tools and JRE necessary for Java software development. Thus, if you install Java to use 3Rabbitz Book only, then you are recommended to install JRE.
Click the downloaded file to install Java.
JRE_HOME
or JAVA_HOME
Environment Variable Setting
To configure JRE_HOME
or JAVA_HOME
environment variables, follow these steps.
Right click with your mouse button on the <Start | Computer> menu. The context menu will appear.
In the context menu, click on the <Properties> menu.
In the left menu, click on the <Advanced system settings> menu.
In the System Properties windows, click on the <Environment Variables> button below the <Advanced> tab.
In the Environment Variable windows, click on the <New> button located below the <System Variables> panel.
Enter a variable name and value in the New System Variable windows and click on the <OK> button.
If JRE is installed, then enter JRE_HOME
and if JDK is installed, then enter JAVA_HOME
for the variable name. A variable name field requires the path for the folder where JRE or JDK is installed. The detailed path can be checked from the C:\Program Files\Java
folder.
Variable name | Variable value1 | |
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JRE is installed. |
|
|
JDK is installed. |
|
|
If both of JRE_HOME
and JAVA_HOME
are set, then JRE_HOME
has a higher priority.
Installing 3Rabbitz Book
Download the installation file and decompress it. Installation of 3Rabbitz Book will be completed.
Download the Windows version of installation file from the 3Rabbitz download page.
After decompressing it, move the
3rabbitz
folder to the folder where you want to install the 3Rabbitz Book.
The full path for the folder to be installed should not have space or special character(~!@#$%^&*()_+|"<>':`).
Starting 3Rabbitz Book
3RABBITZ_HOME
refers to the folder where 3Rabbitz Book is installed.
To start 3Rabbitz Book, follow these steps.
In your Windows Explorer, move to the
3RABBITZ_HOME\bin
folder.Run the
startup.bat
file.Using Installation Wizard, perform the initial configuration works.
Stopping 3Rabbitz Book
To stop 3Rabbitz Book, follow these steps.
In your Windows Explorer, move to the
3RABBITZ_HOME\bin
folder.Run the
shutdown.bat
program.
- The variable value may differ depending on the Java version and the folder location.