Install JastAdd

If you are starting to use JastAdd for the first time, go to the Tutorial Examples page and download one of the examples. To simplify the installation, each example includes all the tools you need, including JastAdd and any parser generators used.

To upgrade to a newer version of JastAdd, go to the download page. The source code is available from the download page as well.

System requirements

To run JastAdd you need the following tools preinstalled:

A Java 1.4 compiler
A Java virtual machine
The build tool ant

You can also run your JastAdd projects under Eclipse which already includes the Java compiler and the ant tool.

Auxiliary tools

The following additional tools are bundled with the examples as needed (their open source licensing information is included in the respective tool):

jflex (lexer generator) (GPL license)
cup (parser generator) (GPL-compatible license)
beaver (parser generator) (BSD license)
javacc (parser generator) (BSD license)
junit (testing tool) (Common Public License)