The latest version of MaltOptimizer is available from the MaltOptimizer download page.
Running MaltOptimizer requires a Java Runtime Environment (JRE). You need version JRE 1.6 or later version. If you don't have JRE installed on your system, download and install the latest version of Java Runtime Environment.
To install MaltOptimizer, unpack the MaltOptimizer distribution MaltOptimizer-1.0.zip or MaltOptimizer-1.0.tar.gz by running one of the following commands:
prompt> tar -zxvf MaltOptimizer-1.0.tar.gz
prompt> gunzip MaltOptimizer-1.0.tar.gz prompt> tar -xvf MaltOptimizer-1.0.tar
prompt> unzip MaltOptimizer-1.0.zip
The distribution of MaltOptimizer contains the following files and directories:
| LICENSE | License information |
| NOTICE | Acknowledgement |
| README | Readme file |
| MaltOptimizer.jar | Executable jar file |
| build.xml | Ant build script |
| bin/ | Binaries of MaltOptimizer |
| src/ | Java source of MaltOptimizer |
| docs/ | User guide and MaltOptimizer documentation |
After installing or building MaltOptimizer, you can run it to verify that it is working properly on your system.
To run MaltOptimizer type the following at the command line prompt (it is important that you are in the MaltOptimizer-1.0 installation directory):
prompt> java -jar MaltOptimizer.jarIf MaltOptimizer displays something like the message below, the distribution has been installed successfully.
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MaltOptimizer 1.0
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Miguel Ballesteros* and Joakim Nivre**
*Complutense University of Madrid (Spain)
**Uppsala University (Sweden)
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Usage:
java -jar MaltOptimizer.jar -p <phase number> -m <path to MaltParser> -c <path to training corpus> [-v <validation method>]
java -jar malt.jar -h for more help and options
That's it! you are now ready to start using MaltOptimizer.