Chapter 2. Installation

Table of Contents

Installation Requirements
Platform Requirements
Operating System, Tools and Environment Requirements
Installation Instructions
Starting oXygen plugin
Obtaining and Installing an oXygen License
Upgrading oXygen
Uninstalling the oXygen plugin

This section explains platform requirements and installation procedures. It also provides instructions on how to obtain and apply an <oXygen/> license, how to perform upgrades and uninstall <oXygen/> if required.

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Installation Requirements

Platform Requirements

Minimum run-time requirements are listed below.

  • Pentium Class Platform

  • 128 MB of RAM

  • 80 MB free disk space

Operating System, Tools and Environment Requirements

Operating System

Windows

All versions

Mac OS

minimum Mac OS X 10.0

UNIX/Linux

All versions/flavors

Tools

Installation packages are supplied in compressed archives. Ensure you have installed a suitable archive extraction utility with which to extract the archive.

Environment Prerequisites

Prior to installation ensure that your installed Eclipse platform has at least the following:

  • Version 2.1 or higher.

  • JRE 1.3 or higher