If you are using WinZip on windows the jar icon looks the same as a zip file. This is because winzip can read JAR files not because they are zip files. You never need to unzip a zip file (even if it is actually zipped).
The source and docs files are zipped (usually .tar.gz) many modern IDEs don't require these to be unzipped either. If you are not using an IDE you will need to unzip them so you can view them. - Mark "Richard HOLLAND" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/22/2005 09:38 AM To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: (bcc: Mark Schreiber/GP/Novartis) Subject: RE: [Biojava-l] Newbie Installation Question You just have to download the jar files from http://www.biojava.org/download14.html . There's no such thing as 'installing' it really - just download the jar files, then make sure they're on your classpath (or set them up as a library in your IDE). If Internet Explorer is renaming or doing stuff behind the scenes to the jar files when you download them, try using Firefox (I haven't used IE for so long I can't remember how to fix that particular problem). cheers, Richard Richard Holland Bioinformatics Specialist GIS extension 8199 --------------------------------------------- This email is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify us immediately. Please do not copy or use it for any purpose, or disclose its content to any other person. Thank you. --------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Carl Manaster > Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 4:31 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Biojava-l] Newbie Installation Question > > > Hi, > > I'm new to Java, new to biojava. I tried to install biojava, but > instead of .jar files winding up in my Windows directory, I get .zip > files. When I expand them, I get folders META-INF and org, which I > suspect are really supposed to be in the .jar file. I tried renaming > .zip to .jar, but Eclipse wasn't happy with it. Could someone please > pass along really simple instructions? Sorry for the bother. > > Peace, > --Carl Manaster > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > http://undisclosed-recipients.blogspot.com > http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlmanaster/sets/228603/ > > _______________________________________________ > Biojava-l mailing list - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://biojava.org/mailman/listinfo/biojava-l > _______________________________________________ Biojava-l mailing list - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://biojava.org/mailman/listinfo/biojava-l _______________________________________________ Biojava-l mailing list - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://biojava.org/mailman/listinfo/biojava-l