# OVT 2.3 RPM installation under LINUX

- Install Java 1.4.x or 1.3.x
  For example - Sun's j2se SDK 1.4.2:
  - download Linux RPM in self-extracting file from this page.
  - `$ sh j2sdk-1_4_2_01-linux-i586-rpm.bin`
  - `$ rpm -i j2sdk-1_4_2_01-linux-i586.rpm`
- Install VTK 4.2 RPMS ( vtk-4.3.0-1.cvs20030930.i386.rpm and vtk-java-4.3.0-1.cvs20030930.i386.rpm)
  - `$ rpm -i vtk-4.3.0-1.cvs20030930.i386.rpm`
  - `$ rpm -i vtk-java-4.3.0-1.cvs20030930.i386.rpm`
  If you get the dependency error about missing libraries (e.g. libstdc++.so.6, etc.) you should install them. You can use http://rpmfind.net to locate the appropriate RPM.
  If you get:

      error: Failed dependencies:
              libjawt.so is needed by vtk-java-4.3.0-1.cvs20030930

  Force `vtk-java` installation: `$ rpm -i --nodeps vtk-java-4.3.0-1.cvs20030930.i386.rpm`
  Note, that VTK also requires OpenGL or Mesa libraries.
- Install OVT RPM
  - `$ rpm -i ovt-2.3-1.i386.rpm`
- Run OVT
  `$ /usr/local/bin/ovt`

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