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Requirements
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Perl 5.005_02 (or later) must be compiled and installed as a shared library
-(libperl.so). I had to use the system's malloc. This version has not
-been well tested under 5.005_02, so you can expect some rough edges.
+(libperl.so). I had to use the system's malloc. JPL was originally built
+and tested with 5.004_04 and early Java 1.1 development kits. This version
+has not been well tested under 5.005_02, so you can expect some rough edges.
-You need JDK 1.1. On Solaris 1.1.5 works. On Linux you need 1.1.3 with
-the patches from
+You need JDK 1.1. On Solaris 1.1.5 has been verified to work. Linux
+users can try the latest version (1.1.3 or later) available from (for
+example):
ftp://ftp.blackdown.org/pub/Linux/JDK/1.1.3/updates/libjava-1.1.3v2-1.tar.gz