MAKE: You can use ant to build cabs. Example: user@host ~$ ant You can also use make. Example: user@host ~$ make RUN: If you build with ant you can go into the bin directory and do this: user@host ~$ java engine.LocalEngine If you build with make you can run this from the project root directory: user@host ~$ sh run.sh Both these methods accept the same command line arguments. Use --help for more info.