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 KeyTool GUI 1.7 Read Me
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Getting up and running with KeyTool GUI is quick and easy.  Everything you need to know is detailed below.
                                
Being written in Java KeyTool GUI will run on any machine that has a suitable JVM installed.
                                
Note that a prerequisite is that you must have at least JRE/JDK v 1.4.0 on your machine.  The latest version of the JRE/JDK is available for free from java.sun.com.
                                
Once KeyTool GUI is installed you will be able to access its online help.                            

1 Installing
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Place the KeyTool GUI JAR file (ktg-17.jar) on your filesystem.

Next get Bouncy Castle Provider version 1.20 for JDK 1.4 (bcprov-jdk14-120.jar). This is available for free from www.bouncycastle.org.  Note that only version 1.20 will work.  Place it in the *same* directory as ktg-17.jar.

You now have everything you need to run KeyTool GUI from the command-line. Included below are example command-lines for Windows and UNIX systems.

The examples assume that the Java bin directory has been added to your path.

1.1 Windows Command-Line
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Assuming you have an appropriate JRE/JDK installed and have placed the KeyTool GUI and BouncyCastle Provider JAR files into a directory c:\ktg you can run KeyTool GUI like so:

java -jar c:\ktg\ktg-17.jar


The ktg-17.jar contains an Icon file for use with KeyTool GUI.

1.2 UNIX Command-Line
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Assuming you have an appropriate JRE/JDK installed and have placed the KeyTool GUI and BouncyCastle Provider JAR files into a directory /ktg you can run KeyTool GUI like so:

java -jar /ktg/ktg-17.jar

2 License
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This software is available under the terms laid out in the GNU General Public License.  This makes it free for you to use and modify if you so wish.  As per the terms and conditions of the aforementioned license this program is supplied with no warranty.

3 Contact
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Please email bugs, comments and suggestions regarding KeyTool GUI to keytoolgui@hotmail.com.

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Copyright  2004 Wayne Grant
waynedgrant@hotmail.com
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