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To run Felix, we follow the instructions described in usage.html. When we start Felix, it asks for a profile name, we will put all of our bundles in a profile named tutorial. After running Felix, we should make sure that the bundle from Example 1 is active. We can use the Felix ps lb shell command to get a list of all bundles, their state, and their bundle identifier number. If the Example 1 bundle is not active, we should start the bundle using the start command and the bundle's identifier number that is displayed by the ps lb command. Now we can install and start our dictionary service bundle. Assuming that we created our bundle in the directory c:\tutorial, we can install and start it in Felix' shell using the following command:

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The above command installs and starts the bundle in a single step; it is also possible to install and start the bundle in two steps by using the Felix install and start shell commands. To stop the bundle, use the Felix stop shell command. If the bundle from Example 1 is still active, then we should see it print out the details of the service event it receives when our new bundle registers its dictionary service. Using the Felix shell ps lb command to get the bundle identifier number for our dictionary service bundle and we can stop and restart it at will using the stop and start commands, respectively. Each time we start and stop our dictionary service bundle, we should see the details of the associated service event printed from the bundle from Example 1. In Example 3, we will create a client for our dictionary service. To exit Felix, we use the shutdown command.