Merge branch 'patch/JAL-3700_JAL-3748_JAL-3763_for_2_11_1_3' into releases/Release_2_...

[jalview.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index 10f032b..8172066 100755 (executable)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Jalview Readme
 
 The source is available as a tar file and comes complete with the GNU General Public License. 
 
-To build the application you will need a J2SDK 1.6+. 
+To build the application you will need a J2SDK 1.7+. 
 
 An Ant build file (build.xml) is provided, you will need to install Apache Ant first. 
 Run ant to view usage which will display a list of useful build targets.
@@ -21,11 +21,19 @@ For more help, read the file doc/building.html
 
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-To run application:
+To run application...
+[ NOTE: when using the -classpath option with the '*' wildcard, the argument must be quoted to avoid shell expansion of the wildcard,
+  ALSO, the wildcard MUST be as DIR/* and not DIR/*.jar etc or it will not be interpreted correctly ]
 
-java -Djava.ext.dirs=JALVIEW_HOME/lib -cp JALVIEW_HOME/jalview.jar jalview.bin.Jalview
+on Windows use:
+  java -classpath "JALVIEW_HOME/lib/*;JALVIEW_HOME/jalview.jar" jalview.bin.Jalview
+and on MacOS or Linux:
+  java -classpath "JALVIEW_HOME/lib/*:JALVIEW_HOME/jalview.jar" jalview.bin.Jalview
+
+Replace JALVIEW_HOME with the full path to Jalview Installation Directory. If building from source:
+
+  java -classpath "JALVIEW_BUILD/dist/*" jalview.bin.Jalview
 
-Replace JALVIEW_HOME with the full path to Jalview Installation Directory.
 
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