DBCAT installation is trivial: 1. You must have a java runtime environment installed (1.4.x and upper, should work with 1.2.x and upper) 2. Copy the dbcat files somewhere and execute the dbcat.sh on Unix (chmod it to be executable) dbcat.bat on Windows the default scripts load the JDBC drivers from the drivers/ directory - modify the scripts if you want to load other drivers FILES: dbcat.sh Unix shell script to start dbcat dbcat.bat Windows cmd script to start dbcat dbcat.jar JavaARchive that contains the dbcat java classes, sources, jedit-syntax classes etc. dbcatBrowser.props Text file that contains the queries definitions for the dbcat browser This file is easily modificable to add/improve support for databases dbcatDatabases.props Text file that contains the default database connection parameters. You should edit this file in order to customize it for your databases license.txt Guess it INSTALL.txt This file CHANGELOG A changelog file README A readme file as every program has a readme file source code is in the dbcat/ directory for dbcat.jar archive URL: http://art.sourceforge.net/dbcat