From: jprocter <Jim Procter>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:05:22 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: additional instructions and use of -jar for launching
X-Git-Tag: Release_2_5~154
X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=741b7ebfeacb24d5cd487a94311cf03fa698b0b0;p=jalview.git

additional instructions and use of -jar for launching
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diff --git a/utils/InstallAnywhere/README_IA b/utils/InstallAnywhere/README_IA
index e317dbc..e9e5176 100755
--- a/utils/InstallAnywhere/README_IA
+++ b/utils/InstallAnywhere/README_IA
@@ -1,24 +1,30 @@
-Jalview Readme
---------------
-
-
-##################
-
-To run application:
-
-java -Djava.ext.dirs=JALVIEW_HOME/lib -cp JALVIEW_HOME/jalview.jar jalview.bin.Jalview
-
+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.
-
-##################
-
-
-
-
-If you use a proxy server add 
-
--Dhttp.proxyServer=YOUR.SERVER -Dhttp.proxyPort=YOURPORT
-
-If the proxy server requires authentication, add
-
+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
+##################
+
+
+If you use a proxy server add 
+
+-Dhttp.proxyServer=YOUR.SERVER -Dhttp.proxyPort=YOURPORT
+
+If the proxy server requires authentication, add
+
 -Dhttp.proxyUser=USERNAME -Dhttp.proxyPassword=PASSWORD
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