TaskBlocks is simple application to help planning tasks. From version 0.5 it supports also exporting tasks as Bugzilla bugs.
You need Java 5.0 or higher installed to run TaskBlocks. So, if you don't have it, install it first, for example from http://java.sun.com. Mac OS X users need to update their 10.x system, which will install Java 5.0.
Having Java 5.0 or higher installed, just download the latest taskblocks.jar file (or Mac users the .dmg file).
Windows users should be able to run it double-clicking on the downloaded taskblocks.jar file. If it doesn't work, try to run from a commandline:
java -jar PATH_TO_JAR_FILE
If it still doesn't work, ask your personal IT guru for help ;-)Linux and other-platforms users probably have to run the application from commandline like we have just described. Maybe double-clicking will work on some installations
MacOS X users can download the .dmg package and install it in obvious way - double-clicking the .dmg file and dragging the application icon to your Applications folder.
The application interface should be so intuitive, that no further manual should be needed ;-) If you find something not easilly understandable, you can write to the autor. Your comments are welcome.
To build the application from source, you need to download the source package, and java compiler. The best way is to run ant. If you don't have it, just compile the sources in usual way. There are no other libraries dependencies.
http://taskblocks.googlecode.com
The TaskBlocks project is provided under the terms of GNU General Public License. For details see file COPYING.
Feel free to write me you comments or questions. My name is Jakub Neubauer and email is j.neubauer@cz.gmc.net