JProfiler Readme

version 5.1.4
released on 2008-05-29

I. License

The license agreement (EULA) can be found in license.html in the same directory as this readme file.

II. Running JProfiler

1. Windows 98/ME/2000/XP

Start JProfiler by executing 

   [jprofiler install directory]\bin\jprofiler.exe
There is also a batch file 
   [jprofiler install directory]\bin\windows\jprofiler.bat
if you need to customize the environment variables.

2. Linux x86, Solaris Sparc

Start JProfiler by executing the shell script 

   [jprofiler install directory]/bin/jprofiler

3. MAC OS X

Start JProfiler with the installed application bundle. Usually, JProfiler will be installed to: 

   /Applications/JProfiler

III. Upgrading JProfiler

Configuration data is saved in the file 

   [user home directory]/.jprofiler3/config.xml

When upgrading from an older version of JProfiler (up to 2.1.1), you can import your settings in the setup wizard.

IV. Documentation

Help is available

  1. from the "Help" menu in JProfiler
  2. as HTML pages the doc directory of your JProfiler installation. Start with index.html or open any other HTML file directly.
  3. online at http://resources.ej-technologies.com/jprofiler/help/doc/

V. Directory Layout

An installation of JProfiler contains the following directories:

bin
contains the executables for JProfiler in platform-specific subdirectories
config
contains configuration files for JProfiler
demo
contains applications in compiled form as well as source code for the standard demo sessions of JProfiler.
doc
contains the documentation for JProfiler
integrations
contains the files neccessary for integrating JProfiler with popular IDEs. See the README.html in that directory for further information.
jre (optional)
contains the JRE that was shipped with JProfiler. JProfiler will use this JRE for running ts GUI frontend unless the JPROFILER_JAVA_HOME variable is set to a different location.
lib
contains external libraries used by JProfiler. If the libraries come with an open source license, it is reproduced in that directory.
tomcat
contains the bundled Apache Tomcat shipped with JProfiler. When executing sessions of type "servlet", the Apache Tomcat in this directory is started.