Installation Guide for Instant JChem

Windows Instructions

After downloading, double-click on instantjchem-VERSION-windows.exe to start the installer. Instant JChem will be wrapped out into the selected directory.

Instant JChem uses its own Java (that it is bundled in the installer). If you want to use another Java, see How to change IJC's Java.

After downloading, double-click instantjchem-VERSION-macos.dmg to expand disk image.
In the extracted image, you will find the installer that you can launch by taking a double-click on it.
The Instant JChem application will be placed into the specified place. (Its default place is the /Applications directory.)

IJC requires 1.5 (or later) version of OS X Java. Java 1.5 is available since OS X 10.4. (Earlier OS X versions are not supported.) If the required Java is not installed, select it from the operating system's Update Center to install.

After downloading, open a shell and cd to the directory where you have downloaded the installer.
At the prompt, type: sh instantjchem-VERSION-linux.sh
After the installation, add the bin subdirectory of the Instant JChem directory to the PATH to be able to run IJC from any directory.

Instant JChem uses its own Java (that it is bundled in the installer). If you want to use another Java, see How to change IJC's Java.

After downloading, enter into the directory where you have saved instantjchem-VERSION.zip then uncompress the zip file.
Gives the home directory of your Java by editing instantjchem/etc/instantjchem.conf. (See Howto change IJC's Java.)
You can start applications by script, which you can find in the instantjchem/bin directory.

Requires Sun's Java 1.5 (or later). You can download it from Sun's Java web site or contact your OS manufacturer.
You need an expander which can handle zip extension.

Use the uninstaller to remove Instant JChem from your machine.

Double click on uninstall.exe in the Instant JChem's home folder
Select Instant JChem from the Add / Remove programs list on Control Panel.
Select "Instant JChem's uninstaller" from the "ChemAxon/Instant JChem" menu from the Programs menu (which you can access by pressing the "Start" button on the toolbar).

Drag the icon of Instant JChem into Trash.

Launch the uninstall script in the Instant JChem's home directory.

Edit etc/instantjchem.conf in the Instant JChem's directory. Append the following line to the end of the file:

jdkhome=<JAVAHOME>

where <JAVAHOME> is the absolute path of the home directory of the new Java. E.g.:

jdkhome=/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_10

Any other lines that starts with jdkhome= has to be taken into comment (by placing a # character on the begining of the line.