X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?p=jalview.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=817206698ca9393100e589e08fc7fe1e240b8645;hp=10f032b165c265318f2f08382caa5cdce4e22fa2;hb=refs%2Fheads%2Fbug%2FJAL-3158selectionBroadcasts;hpb=df05b75cc541ddf6a0a6fa62e50bbff53df03e30 diff --git a/README b/README index 10f032b..8172066 100755 --- 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 ################## -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. ##################