1. The directions at this web page:

http://softsqueeze.sourceforge.net/download.html

tell us to install Java (v > 1.6) and Slimserver (v > 6.0).  I
installed openjdk-6-jre, which I understand corresponds to v 1.6.  I
installed SlimCenter v 7.3.1, which certainly satisfies v > 6.0.  The
same directions say to start softsqueeze from the command line using

java -jar SoftSqueeze.jar

SoftSqueeze does not start.  According to jetradio, softsqueeze is not
compatible with SlimCenter v 7.3.1 even though directions do not
declare this limitation anywhere that I have been able to find. 
Evidently, the directions are wrong for failing to disclose this
putative restriction.

2. The directions at the same page say that it is not necessary to
download softsqueeze because "Softsqueeze2 is included with the
slimserver 6.0. To start Softsqueeze follow the instructions in the
help section of the slimserver."  If instructions are available in the
help section of the slimserver, they are hidden well enough to elude
me.  Evidently, the directions are wrong again.

3. At the home page for SqueezeCenter v 7.3.1 there is an Extras item
under which appears SoftSqueeze.  There is a two-step procedure for
installing and running SoftSqueeze.  The first step is to install Java.
It's checked because I already installed Java in 1 above.  The next
step provides a hyperlink labeled "Click to install and run
SoftSqueeze".  Clicking that hyperlink downloads softsqueeze.jnlp, but
it does not install or run it.  Evidently, the directions in
SqueezeCenter are wrong.

4. Back at

http://softsqueeze.sourceforge.net/download.html

there are directions for Slimserver integration.  Open one of the
following links

http://localhost:9000/html/softsqueeze/applet.html
http://localhost:9000/html/softsqueeze/webstart.html

to start softsqueeze as a Java applet or using Java Web Start.  The
first opens a page that is black and nothing happens.  The second opens
the same directions that appear in SqueezeCenter under SoftSqueeze (3
above), and following the directions in this page is just as bootless
as is following the directions in SqueezeCenter.  Evidently, these
directions are wrong too.

5. When I search this forum for threads related to softsqueeze, I find
only questions about how to use it.  Evidently, other people have
succeeded in installing and running the program.  I sure would be
interested in knowing how they managed it.


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