Running the Applications

Windows

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

Start the Command prompt from the Start menu. Type

msketch.bat

If it says, "No such file or directory", include the bin subdirectory of the Marvin Beans directory in the PATH environment variable, or give the full path of the file.
E.g.: C:\Program Files\ChemAxon\MarvinBeans\bin\msketch.bat
For more details about changing environment variables, 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.

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 command line section below.

UNIX / Linux

Double click on the application in the directory of Marvin Beans or its shortcut on Desktop.
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 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/username/ChemAxon/MarvinBeans.

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	Double click on the `exe` file in the directory of Marvin Beans or its shortcut on the Desktop or in the Start menu.
	Start the Command prompt from the Start menu. Type `msketch.bat` If it says, "No such file or directory", include the bin subdirectory of the Marvin Beans directory in the PATH environment variable, or give the full path of the file. E.g.: `C:\Program Files\ChemAxon\MarvinBeans\bin\msketch.bat` For more details about changing environment variables, please consult the Windows Help.

	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.
	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 command line section below.