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
Named User license installation
How floating (concurrent) licenses work
Upgrading <oXygen/>
Uninstalling the <oXygen/> plugin
Performance problems
Large documents

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

  • 256 MB of RAM

  • 200 MB free disk space

Operating System, Tools and Environment Requirements

Operating System

Windows

Windows 98 or later.

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. The MD5 sum is available on the Download page for every archive. You should check the MD5 sum of the downloaded archive with a MD5 checking tool available on your platform.

Environment Prerequisites

Prior to installation ensure that your installed Eclipse platform is the following:

  • the latest stable Eclipse version available at the release date. The current version works with Eclipse 3.1.2.

  • Sun Microsystems Java VM version 1.4 or later (available at http://java.sun.com) in case you use an installation kit without Java VM. For Mac OS X, Java VM updates are available at http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/java/.