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All Gloss download files can be found at http://gloss.bham.ac.uk/download/
As mentioned in the introduction to this documentation, this is a guide for people running Windows. If you are not running Windows then please visit Dr Kaye's Gloss Documentation. If you are running a Windows system then the file you want is called gloss-latest.msi, which is a Windows Installer for the Gloss System. The install procedure for a Windows system is as follows: (Copied from Dr Kaye's Gloss Documentation: Installing GLOSS under MS-Windows)
The easiest way to install gloss in windows is to use the MSI installer file at http://gloss.bham.ac.uk/download.
Before you start, it might be a good idea to check you have a resonably recent java on your machine. GLOSS needs at least the standard Java 1.5 runtime. If your machine is not too old and you keep it reasonably up-to-date this will not be a problem, but if in doubt this is how you check.
To verify your version go to Control Panel, click the "java" icon, and then choose "General", and click "About...". If you have an earlier version, choose the "Update" tab and click "Update Now".
It may also be a good idea to check the system can find the java executable. To do this open a command prompt window. (Usually from "start" -> "All Programs" -> "accessories") and type "java -version" and enter. I got
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_08-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_08-b03, mixed mode, sharing)
indicating that all is well and I am running version 1.5.
Now download the MSI file from the download site. There will be a file called gloss-latest.msi which is the one to go for. There may also be a file called gloss-stable.msi which should avoid any recent experimental code that has been inserted into the latest version if you are feeling paranoid. Download this and run it. There are no difficult questions, just acceptance of the GNU public licence (GPL).
Although it might not be necessary, and the installer might not require it, I have found it is useful to restart your computer at this stage.
After a restart, you should have GLOSS installed. From windows explorer, a file with extension ".gloss" should show the GLOSS icon, and right clicking it should give you the option of "gloss this file". In a similar way, there should be right-click options to validate or convert .xhtml files.
In the future there will be further releases of Gloss available, and you may wish to upgrade your Gloss system.
The procedure depends on whether the new release has the same version number or not. At the time of authoring the only available version of Gloss is 1.0. The version number of your current Gloss system can be found by looking at the numbers found in the folder name 'gloss-#.#' which is found in the Gloss installation directory. If the version number of the new download is the same as your current version of gloss, do the following:
If the version number of the new download is greater than your current version then you first need to uninstall your current version of Gloss via the Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs, and the install the new version using the new .msi windows installer file.
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