Installation Notes

• Where can I get a Java Runtime Environment?
• Installation Guide for the Applets
• How Can I Run the Application?

• Where can I get a Java Runtime Environment?

  If possible, you should get either the Java2 Runtime Environment (JRE) or the Software Development Kit (SDK), version 1.4.2 or later.

  • Sun Java
  • Java for Mac OS X

• Installation Guide for the Applets

  You need a web server on that machine where you would like to install Marvin Applets package (since applets work properly only through HTTP protocol). If there is no web server on the machine, we can suggest Tomcat.

  1. After the installation of the web server, extract marvin-all-5.1.3_2.tar.gz (in Unix or in Mac OS X) or marvin-all-5.1.3_2.zip (in MS Windows) in the parent directory of "marvin".
  2. Modify the settings of the web server if the directory of Marvin is not accessible from the web server root. Then restart it (if it is necessary) to validate new settings. (Consult with the manual of the web server how to do it.)
  3. When you finished, display the index.html file in a browser.

• How Can I Run the Marvin Applications?

  Windows

  • Double click on the exe file in the directory of Marvin Beans or its shortcut on Desktop or in the Start menu.

  • Running from command window: Start the Command prompt from the Start menu. Type

    	msketch.bat
    	

    If it says, "No such file or directory", add the bin subdirectory of the Marvin Beans directory to the PATH, or give the full path of the file. E.g.: C:\Program Files\ChemAxon\MarvinBeans\bin\msketch.bat For more details about the setting the PATH, please consult the Windows Help.

  Mac OS X

  • Double click on the application in the directory of Marvin Beans. You can find the shortcut icon on the Desktop or on the Dock panel.

  • Running from command line: Start the Terminal application to be able to work in UNIX shell then type the name of the application, for example

    	msketch 

    For more details, please see the Unix / Linux/ Mac OS command line section below.

  UNIX / Linux / Mac OS X command line

  Bring up a terminal and type

  	msketch 

  If it says, "command not found", add the bin subdirectory of Marvin Beans directory to the PATH. For more details, please consult the manual of the current shell. If you do not put it in the PATH, you can launch the application on the following way:
  Change the directory where the application is located then run application:

  	cd <MARVINBEANSHOME>/bin
  	msketch
  	

  or give the full path of the application to start it:

  	<MARVINBEANSHOME>/bin/msketch

  * "<MARVINBEANSHOME>" indicates the location where Marvin Beans was installed. Substitute this value with the home directory of Marvin Beans. E.g.: /home/somebody/ChemAxon/MarvinBeans.