INSTALLATION - Debian/Ubuntu Linux Visolate it's self needs no installation, but it requires some dependencies: sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends openjdk-6-jre sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends libjava3d-java sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends libjava3d-jni sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends libvecmath-java Getting this to work on Ubuntu 11.10 and earlier requires a few additional tweaks: sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-6-openjdk sudo ln -s /usr/share/java/j3dcore.jar /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/ext sudo ln -s /usr/share/java/j3dutils.jar /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/ext sudo ln -s /usr/share/java/vecmath.jar /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/ext