1. If you're using Windows, please download cygwin from
     http://www.cygwin.com/. This is not required for Linux.

  2. If you're using Windows, please download python from
     http://www.python.org/. Python is distributed along with Linux.

  3. JDK 1.4 (or above) from http://java.sun.org/ (For development
     with SVMDCP, JDK 1.4 or higher is required; for execution of
     binary release, JRE 1.3 is enough, provided that "-target 1.3"
     flag is specified while compiling.)

  4. AspectJ 1.1 (or above) from http://aspectj.org/.

  5. JavaCC 3.2 (or above) from https://javacc.dev.java.net/.

  6. Make sure the following programs are in your PATH:
       java and javac (Java tools)
       python (Python interpretative language)
       ajc (AspectJ compiler)
       javacc (JavaCC compiler)

INSTRUCTIONS:

  1. Obtain SVM from CVS:
     $ export CVS_RSH="ssh"
     $ cvs -z3 -d:ext:anoncvs@savannah.nongnu.org:/cvsroot/svm co svmdcp

  2. Build non-checkpointing source code for the model:
     $ cd svm/test/applet
     $ python ../../scc.py sample.des
       (hopefully, if no exception is shown, sample.java is generated)
     $ mkdir build && cd build && mv ../sample.java .
       (move the Java file to an empty directory)

  3. Obtain SVMDCP from CVS:
     $ cvs -d:pserver:anoncvs@subversions.gnu.org:/cvsroot/svm login
       (press enter when prompted for password)
     $ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anoncvs@subversions.gnu.org:/cvsroot/svm co svmdcp

  4. Build SVMDCP from source:
     $ export CLASSPATH=`pwd`:$CLASSPATH
       (add the parent directory of svmdcp to CLASSPATH)
     $ export ASPECTJ_HOME=$HOME/aspectj1.1 && export CLASSPATH=$ASPECTJ_HOME/lib/aspectjrt.jar:$CLASSPATH
       (add the AdpectJ runtime package to CLASSPATH, ASPECTJ_HOME might be different for your case)
     $ cd svmdcp
     $ LANG=C make
       (make SVMDCP, set LANG=C because JavaCC has a bug for non-European systems)

  5. Add rollback support to the previous model:
     $ cd ..
     $ java svmdcp.DCPGenerator.DCPGenerator sample.java
       (you'll see a successful message; the old file is backuped to sample.java.bak)

  6. Build the distribution package:
     $ cp ../svmapplet.java .
       (use the default applet interface in svm/test/applet)
     $ ajc -target 1.3 *.java
     $ jar xvf $ASPECTJ_HOME/lib/aspectjrt.jar
       (include the AspectJ runtime)
     $ rm -f `find|grep -v '\.class$'`
       (remove all unnecessary and keep only class files)
     $ jar cvf ~/dcpsample.jar *

  Up to this point, the building is finished, and the jar file in your
  home path contains everything necessary for the applet on the SVMDCP
  homepage (http://msdl.cs.mcgill.ca/people/tfeng/?research=svmdcp).

  Enjoy! -- Thomas Feng