Installation of Archeopteryx 4.1.04

Java, already installed.

here is the procedure to install de Archeopteryx:

• The application is contained in a JAR archive named forester.jar. After downloading it, create a folder named archeopteryx in /home/bioubuntu, put the JAR file in and move this folder to /opt/bio/sources:

% mkdir archeopteryx
% mv forester.jar archeopteryx/
% sudo mv archeopteryx /opt/bio/sources

• This folder should belong to root and its permissions set to 755.

% sudo chown -R root:root /opt/bio/sources/archeopteryx
% sudo chmod 755 /opt/bio/sources/archeopteryx

• Get into /opt/bio/sources/archeopteryx. To execute the JAR as an application, you need to create a very simple script named aptly enough archeopteryx and put the following lines in it:

#!/bin/sh
java -cp /opt/bio/sources/archaeopteryx/forester.jar org.forester.atv.ATV

• To make it accessible to all, do this:

% sudo chmod 755 /opt/bio/sources/archeopteryx/archeopteryx
% sudo ln -s /opt/bio/sources/archeopteryx/archeopteryx /usr/local/bin/archeopteryx

• To add Archeopteryx to the Impilo application menu, you need to edit the Xfce4 configuration file:

% sudo xfce4-menueditor /etc/xdg/xfce4/desktop/menu.xml

• The three things to add are :
  • Item: Launcher
  • Name: Archeopteryx
  • Commande: archeopteryx