additional instructions and use of -jar for launching

[jalview.git] / utils / InstallAnywhere / README_IA

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-Jalview Readme\r
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-To run application:\r
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-java -Djava.ext.dirs=JALVIEW_HOME/lib -cp JALVIEW_HOME/jalview.jar jalview.bin.Jalview\r
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+Jalview Readme
+--------------
+
+
+##################
+
+To run application:
+
+java -Djava.ext.dirs=JALVIEW_HOME/lib -jar JALVIEW_HOME/jalview.jar [-help ... ]
+
 Replace JALVIEW_HOME with the full path to Jalview Installation Directory.
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-If you use a proxy server add \r
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--Dhttp.proxyServer=YOUR.SERVER -Dhttp.proxyPort=YOURPORT\r
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-If the proxy server requires authentication, add\r
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+Use -help to see the available command line arguments.
+
+For best results use a Sun java run time environment (not the gcj gnu java, sorry!). 
+
+If you want to the java runtime bundled with Jalview, then launch jalview like this:
+
+JAVA_HOME=JALVIEW_HOME/jre JALVIEW_HOME/jre/bin/java -Djava.ext.dirs=JALVIEW_HOME/lib -jar JALVIEW_HOME/jalview.jar 
+
+Please Note: the -jar jalview.jar option launches the jalview.bin.Jalview class in the jalview.jar
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+If you use a proxy server add 
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+-Dhttp.proxyServer=YOUR.SERVER -Dhttp.proxyPort=YOURPORT
+
+If the proxy server requires authentication, add
+
 -Dhttp.proxyUser=USERNAME -Dhttp.proxyPassword=PASSWORD
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