Greenfoot Installation

Windows:

Double-click the install file.

This will run a standard installation. Follow the instructions on screen. The installer will install the executable greenfoot.exe. Execute this to run Greenfoot.

If you have more than one Java version installed, Greenfoot will let you select your preferred version the first time it is executed. This can be changed later by running the "vmselect" program, which will be installed into the same directory as Greenfoot.

We recommend that you copy the demo scenarios from the default location (C:\Greenfoot\scenarios) to a user-specific location for each user (e.g. ...\My Documents\scenarios). Working with scenarios will not work if the folder is write-protected.

Macintosh:

Double-click the zip file to uncompress (if your browser has not done this for you). Move the resulting folder to your preferred location (for example Applications).

Unix:

Run the installer by executing

java -jar greenfoot-installer-145.jar

In the installer, select an installation directory and your JDK directory and install.

In the installed bluej directory, you will find a file named greenfoot. Execute this file to start Greenfoot.

Optional: Remove the Installer

If you do not want to make further installations, you can now delete the installer file.

What now?

If you have any trouble with the installation, please read How to ask for help.

Several sample scenarions are installed in a folder called 'scanrios' with the standard greenfoot installation for you to play with. If you are new to greenfoot, you may like to start by reading the Tutorial.