GridSim Installation Manual

1. Download latest version of gridsim and unzip its contents

2. Download jdk latest version from the following link and install it
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
3. Download Apache Ant from the following link and install it
http://code.google.com/p/winant/
4. On the command prompt, go to the directory that contains build.xml and type ant
and ant makejar. (Refer build.xml for details)
5. Set the environment variables CLASSPATH and Path to include the complete path of
javac and the jar files of gridsim.
6. Follow the steps in FAQ document given by gridsim to run examples
7. Download Eclipse Java IDE from the following link and install it.
http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-ide-java-developers/heliossr1
8. To learn Eclipse refer the link
http://www.vogella.de/articles/Eclipse/article.html
9. To import gridsim into Eclipse, refer the link
http://www.cloudbus.org/gridsim/paper/eclipse.pdf