plDist is a tool for parallel distribution of files to planetlab nodes using BitTorrent or rsync.
It can also run commands in parallel on a number of nodes.
The tutorial (in the README) explains how to upload and install Java in a distributed fashion.

The latest version of plDist is 0.2 .
It can be found here plDist-0.2.tar.gz .
You can also browse the contents of the tarball here
For some reason the README doesn't show up when browsing the directory. (I'm not in control of this web server) you can see the README here .

Please direct comments, suggestions, and improvements to mgeorg at arl.wustl.edu .

Old versions: plDist-0.1.tar.gz .