# Kenya Install Guide

### Check you can run Kenya

To install Kenya you will need the following:

Operating System: | Microsot Windows ( 2000 / XP / 2003 tested ) Linux ( with X and GTK2 libraries installed )
Java | To run Kenya you will need a Java 1.4 Runtime installed, however see below for further notes
Disk Space | No more than 20mb

Kenya features the ability to automatically translate your Kenya program into Java and run it for you inside its GUI.
For this to be able to work you will need a Java 1.4 or Java 1.5 (for generics, autoboxing and enum's to work) SDK installed, with the java and javac binaries in your path.
(*NOTE* Kenya's built-in Debugger will be able to run any Kenya program you write using only a 1.4 jre)
To do this under Windows, do the following:
Right click on "My Computer" and click properties ( or press the Windows and Break keys together on the keyboard ), click on the "Environment Variables" button, and either update or create a Path variable which points at your java sdk bin directory.

### Download Kenya

Choose from the front page or the downloads directory the version of Kenya 4 you would like to install, and download the jar file for that version.

### Install Kenya

On modern Windows machines, you can just double click the jar file to run the installer, under linux (or on the Windows cmd prompt) issue the command

    java -jar installKenya4XXXX

where the XXXX are the version identifiers for the jar you just downloaded.

Follow the steps the installer presents.

### Run Kenya

If you selected Desktop and Start-Menu groups for Kenya under Windows, just run Kenya from there in the usual way. Otherwise navigate to the directory where Kenya was installed and double click kenya.bat (Windows) or issue the command ./kenya.sh ( Linux )