Chapter 2. Installation

This section explains platform requirements and installation procedures. It also provides instructions on how to obtain and register a license key, how to perform upgrades and uninstall the application if required.

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[Caution]Caution

If you want to execute <oXygen/> with Java Web Start directly from <oXygen/> Java Web Start page or your intranet server please configure your Java Web Start not to ask for desktop integration (File -> Preferences, Shortcuts), otherwise it will show up a dialog in the same time with the <oXygen/> license registration dialog leading to a blocking situation.

 Installation Requirements

 Platform Requirements

Minimum run-time requirements are listed below.

  • Pentium Class Platform

  • 256 MB of RAM

  • 300 MB free disk space

 Operating System, Tools and Environment Requirements

 Operating System

Windows

Windows 98 or later.

Mac OS

minimum Mac OS X 10.4

UNIX/Linux

All versions/flavors

 Tools

Installation packages are supplied in compressed archives. Ensure you have installed a suitable archive extraction utility with which to extract the archive. The MD5 sum is available on the Download page for every archive. You should check the MD5 sum of the downloaded archive with a MD5 checking tool available on your platform.

 Environment Prerequisites

Prior to installation ensure that your Operating System environment complies with the following:

  • <oXygen/> XML Editor supports only official and stable Java virtual machine versions 1.5.0 and later from Sun Microsystems (available at http://java.sun.com) and from Apple Computer (pre-installed on Mac OS X). For Mac OS X, Java VM updates are available at http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/java/. <oXygen/> XML Editor may work very well with JVM implementations from other vendors but the eventual incompatibilities will not be solved in further <oXygen/> XML Editor releases. <oXygen/> XML Editor does not work with the GNU libgcj Java virtual machine.

  • The PATH environment variable is set to the most current Java VM installation.

  • References to older Java VM installations are removed from the PATH.