<s>
java-gnome	B-Language
is	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
language	B-Application
bindings	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
for	O
use	O
in	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
environment	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
official	O
GNOME	B-Application
language	B-Application
bindings	I-Application
suite	O
and	O
provides	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
libraries	B-Library
allowing	O
developers	O
to	O
write	O
computer	O
programs	O
for	O
GNOME	B-Application
using	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
and	O
the	O
GTK	B-Application
cross-platform	O
widget	B-Library
toolkit	I-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
released	O
on	O
08.10.1999	O
as	O
version	O
0.2	O
,	O
it	O
included	O
the	O
first	O
bindings	O
for	O
Gnome	B-Application
and	O
GTK	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Up	O
until	O
version	O
2.0	O
,	O
java-gnome	B-Language
was	O
written	O
by	O
a	O
project	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
version	O
4.0	O
was	O
originally	O
an	O
internal	O
project	O
of	O
,	O
a	O
change	B-Application
management	I-Application
consultancy	O
group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
coverage	O
of	O
these	O
series	O
never	O
made	O
it	O
past	O
GTK	B-Application
2.6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
2.0	O
and	O
4.0	O
updates	O
have	O
similar	O
style	O
of	O
coding	O
,	O
while	O
package	B-Language
spaces	O
,	O
classes	B-Device
,	O
and	O
method	B-Language
names	I-Language
are	O
different	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
leader	O
of	O
this	O
latest	O
team	O
is	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
principal	O
architects	O
for	O
the	O
java-gnome	B-Language
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Java-gnome	B-Language
uses	O
Java	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
and	O
Java	B-Language
based	O
class	O
system	O
for	O
creation	O
of	O
GUI	B-Application
parts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
implemented	O
package	B-Language
has	O
a	O
different	O
function	O
;	O
packages	O
used	O
in	O
version	O
4.0	O
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
GTK	B-Application
-	O
The	O
widget	B-Library
toolkit	I-Library
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GDK	B-Language
-	O
Contains	O
low	O
level	O
drawing	O
primitives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Glib	B-Language
and	O
Gobject	B-Language
-	O
Containers	O
for	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
infrastructure	O
that	O
allow	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
OOP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pango	B-Language
-	O
Text	O
layout	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ATK	B-Language
-	O
Accessibility	B-Language
toolkit	I-Language
that	O
allows	O
extra	O
control	O
with	O
computer	O
controls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Java-gnome	B-Language
is	O
only	O
supported	O
in	O
Linux	O
and	O
Unix	O
distributions	O
,	O
unlike	O
most	O
other	O
GTK	B-Application
bindings	O
,	O
that	O
are	O
supported	O
by	O
other	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Semi-finished	O
instructions	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
Open	B-Operating_System
Solaris	I-Operating_System
and	O
Fedora	O
Core	O
Linux	O
distributions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Java-gnome	B-Language
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
released	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
version	I-License
2	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
compile	O
a	O
java-gnome	B-Language
class	O
it	O
's	O
necessary	O
to	O
add	O
the	O
gtk-4.1.jar	O
jar	O
in	O
the	O
classpath	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
jar	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
Debian	O
(	O
and	O
all	O
Debian-based	O
distributions	O
)	O
in	O
the	O
libjava-gnome-java	O
package	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
official	O
repositories	O
(	O
the	O
jar	O
is	O
installed	O
under	O
the	O
/usr/share/java	O
path	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
