Download JPython

1. Check that you have a working Java 1.1 or 1.2 compatible JVM installed

If you already know that you have a JVM which is Java 1.1 or 1.2 compliant, go on to step 2. Otherwise, you should check out:

2. Download JPython 1.0.3

The following link will provide you with the JPython license agreement and the opportunity to download the system. If you would like to use JPython in a way not enabled by this license, please send mail explaining your interests to jpython@python.org.

3. Download Python 1.5.2 Library (Optional)

JPython comes with support for a limited set of the standard Python modules. If you intend to do most of your work using Java packages, these limited modules should be adequate. However, there are a lot of useful modules provided with Python1.5.2.

If you already have CPython1.5.2 installed on your computer, you can use its library. If you don't have CPython installed, you can get just its libraries from here. There have been a number of small changes to these libraries between 1.5 and 1.5.2 to better work with JPython, so you should either get these libraries or upgrade to CPython 1.5.2. Note: The anydbm module in this collection is from CPython-1.5.1, because the version in 1.5.2 doesn't work with JPython.

jpython -jar pylib152a.jar

4. Subscribe to the JPython mailing list (Optional)

This mailing list is used to discuss using JPython effectively, what features JPython needs, and to make announcements of new releases. The web page below will allow you to subscribe to the list. It will also let you view the archives of the list from the past 6 months.

5. Send a short note telling us what you're doing/what you need (Optional)

We'd really like to hear what people are doing with JPython as well as what they'd like to do but can't because some feature is missing.  Example comments:

Send comments to: jpython@python.org