Installing Cougaar

1. Requirements:
   Ensure that Java 1.5+ is installed and on the system path. To download the JDK, visit http://java.sun.com. Both SDKs and JDKs for Java 1.5 and 1.6 are supported.

   No special operating system or hardware is required. Cougaar developers use a variety of operating systems, including Linux, Windows, and Mac OSX. SMP and HyperThreading are fully supported.

2. Create a Cougaar directory (ie "C:/Cougaar") and set a "COUGAAR_INSTALL_PATH" environment variable to point to this directory.
3. Download the latest release version of Cougaar from CougaarReleases.

4. Unzip the desired zip files into your COUGAAR_INSTALL_PATH.
   The following two are required:
   
   • cougaar.zip, which contains the core cougaar infrastructure.
   • cougaar-support.zip, which contains all required 3^rd party support jars.

For additional details on the zip files and their contents, see the ReleaseStructure

1. You should now be able to run the "ping" application, as documented in the Cougaar Overview Slides. This will verify that the Cougaar installation was successful and demonstrate a basic Cougaar application.

   The "Pizza Party" application is a second demonstration application that's included in the Cougaar release. It focuses on the Task/Allocation planning domain and service provider discovery. For details, please see the "Pizza Party" documentation, and Getting Started Guide.