Install PickCells

Supported operating systems

Currently PickCells is supported on the following operating systems:

• Ubuntu (tested on Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS)
• Other flavours of Linux
• Windows (tested on Windows 7 service pack 1 and Windows 10)

Install Java 1.8 JRE

To install Java may require that you have administrator access to install and configure software. If you do not have administrator access, a local system administrator may be able to give you this, or install Java for you.

You can use either OpenJDK or Oracle Java.

64-bit Java is highly recommended for 64-bit operating systems.

PickCells has not been tested on Java 1.9.

For full installation instructions for Java, consult the relevant third-party documentation.

Install OpenJDK

Ubuntu users

Run:

sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jre
java -version

You should see something like:

openjdk version "1.8.0_131"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_131-8u131-b11-2ubuntu1.16.04.3-b11)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.131-b11, mixed mode)

Install Oracle Java

Windows users

• Visit Oracle Java SE Runtime Environment 8 Downloads.
• Click Accept License Agreement.
• Download Windows x64 version e.g. jre-8u144-windows-x64.exe.
• Double-click exe e.g. jre-8u144-windows-x64.exe.
• Follow installer instructions.
• Open a command prompt.
• Run:

java -version

• You should see something like:

java version "1.8.0_144"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_144-b01)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.144-b01, mixed mode)

Install PickCells

Download the latest distribution of PickCells from the University of Edinburgh ownCloud server (password is ‘pickcells’).

The current Version is ‘PickCells-0.8.0-SNAPSHOT.zip’.

Ubuntu users

Run:

mkdir PickCells-0.8.0-SNAPSHOT
mv PickCells-0.8.0-SNAPSHOT.zip PickCells-0.8.0-SNAPSHOT
cd PickCells-0.8.0-SNAPSHOT
unzip PickCells-0.8.0-SNAPSHOT.zip

Move PickCells-0.8.0-SNAPSHOT to the folder of your choice before you first run it.

Windows users

1. Right-click PickCells-0.8.0-SNAPSHOT.zip.
2. Select Extract All…
3. Move PickCells-0.8.0-SNAPSHOT to the folder of your choice before you first run it.

Run PickCells

You are now ready to Run PickCells.