Merge branch 'develop' into bug/JAL-2541cutRelocateFeatures

[jalview.git] / utils / InstallAnywhere / README_IA

diff --git a/utils/InstallAnywhere/README_IA b/utils/InstallAnywhere/README_IA
index e9e5176..82062f9 100755 (executable)
--- a/utils/InstallAnywhere/README_IA
+++ b/utils/InstallAnywhere/README_IA
@@ -6,18 +6,26 @@ Jalview Readme
 
 To run application:
 
-java -Djava.ext.dirs=JALVIEW_HOME/lib -jar JALVIEW_HOME/jalview.jar [-help ... ]
+java -classpath "JALVIEW_HOME/lib/*" -jar JALVIEW_HOME/jalview.jar [-help ... ]
 
 Replace JALVIEW_HOME with the full path to Jalview Installation Directory.
 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:
+If you want to use 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 
+in Windows:
+JAVA_HOME=JALVIEW_HOME/jre JALVIEW_HOME/jre/bin/java -classpath "JALVIEW_HOME/lib/*;JALVIEW_HOME/jalview.jar" jalview.bin.Jalview
+
+in Linux:
+JAVA_HOME=JALVIEW_HOME/jre JALVIEW_HOME/jre/bin/java -classpath "JALVIEW_HOME/lib/*:JALVIEW_HOME/jalview.jar" jalview.bin.Jalview
+
+in macOS:
+JAVA_HOME=JALVIEW_HOME/jre/Contents/Home JALVIEW_HOME/jre/Contents/Home/bin/java -classpath "JALVIEW_HOME/lib/*:JALVIEW_HOME/jalview.jar" jalview.bin.Jalview
+
+Note: ensure the -classpath argument is quoted and only use a terminating wildcard (e.g. 'DIR/*') to refer to all jar files in a directory, don't use e.g. 'DIR/*.jar'
 
-Please Note: the -jar jalview.jar option launches the jalview.bin.Jalview class in the jalview.jar
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