Installation & System Requirements

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1. Marvin Applets or Marvin Beans?

Marvin is separated to two packages depending on how you want to use it

Marvin Applets are tools for building chemical web pages, which are compatible with most browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, Opera, etc.). They offer access from/to JavaScript and are customizable by applet parameters.
Note, that the applets are signed that allows the same feature set as the applications.

Marvin Beans are easy-to-install applications for the desktop and tools for integrating Marvin capabilities into any application.

2. System Requirements

2.1. Marvin Applets

2.2. Marvin Beans for Java

2.3. Marvin Beans for .NET

2.4. How to get Java?

You can download Java from Oracle's official site or contact your OS manufacturer.

If you use Mac OS X, probably Java is already installed on your machine. If not, select Java in the Software Update center to install or update.

Which Java do I need?

  • You need Java Runtime Environment (JRE) installed on your system to run applications and applets.
  • To develop applications and applets, you need the Java Development Kit (JDK), which includes the JRE.
  • Version: Java 1.6.0_13 or higher

    • Testing Java

  • If you are not sure whether Java is installed or not on Windows, you can check it the following way:
    1. Select Command Prompt from the Accessories sub-menu in the Start menu.
    2. Type the following commands in the opened Command Prompt window: java -version
    3. You will get the following error message if Java is not available on your machine: 
      'java' is not recognized as internal or external command, operable program or batch file
       If Java is installed, the version number of Java will be printed: 
      java version "1.6.0_24"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_24-b07)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 19.1-b02, mixed mode)
  • You can test whether Java is working on your computer on Oracle's official testing site, too.

    • 2.5. How to get .NET framework?

    .NET framework 3.5 SP1 is included in Windows 7 by default. For other Windows OS you can download the .NET framework from Microsoft's official site.

    3. Installation

    3.1. Marvin Applets

    1. Download the Marvin Applets package according to your platform from the Marvin download page.
      (.tar.gz is recommended for Unix-like platforms, .zip for others).
    2. You need a web server on the machine where you would like to install the Marvin Applets package (because applets work properly only through HTTP protocol). If there is no web server on the target machine, we suggest to use Tomcat.
    3. Extract marvin-all-VERSION.tar.gz (in Unix or in Mac OS X) or marvin-all-VERSION.zip (in MS Windows) in the parent directory of "marvin", where VERSION is the current version number.
    4. Modify the settings of the web server if the directory of Marvin is not accessible from the web server root. Then restart it (if it is necessary) to validate new settings. (Consult with the manual of the web server how to do it.)
    5. Open the index.html file in a browser.

    Removing any binary (jar or zip) or configuration (properties or xml) file from the applet package can cause unexcepted error or limitation in the usage.

    3.2. Marvin Beans for Java

    Download the package according to your platform from one of the links below:

    Notes:

    3.2.1. Windows

    If you have a 64-bit Windows, you can choose both the normal (32-bit) Marvin Beans installer or its 64-bit version.

    The following table helps you to choose which installer can you use on your platform.

    Installer 32-bit Windows 64-bit Windows
    without Javawith Javawithout Java with 32-bit Javawith 64-bit Java
    marvinbeans-VERSION-windows.exe NO YES NO YES NO
    marvinbeans-VERSION-windows_with_jre.exe (bundled with 32-bit Java) YES YES YES YES YES
    marvinbeans_VERSION-windows_64bit.exe NO NO NO NO YES

    If you have a 64-bit Windows, follow the instructions in the 64-bit Windows section.

    1. Double-click on marvinbeans-VERSION-windows.exe or marvinbeans-VERSION-windows_with_jre.exe to install.
    2. You can add the bin folder of Marvin Beans to the PATH environment variable to be able to run Marvin applications from any directory in the command line. Details about editing environment variables is described in Windows Help.
    Notes:
    64-bit Windows

    System requirements: 64-bit Windows system having an installed Java for 64-bit architecture.

    1. After downloading marvinbeans-VERSION-windows_64bit.exe, take a double-click on the downloaded file (accept running if Windows expects verification).
    2. Installer is started: go through the installation wizard. The installer will setup the 64-bit version of JChem_NET_API automatically (that is wrapped into the installer).
    Notes:

    3.2.2. MAC OS X

    1. Double-click marvinbeans-VERSION-macos.dmg to install.
    2. You can add the bin folder of the Marvin Beans folder to the PATH to be able to run Marvin applications from any directory in command line.
    Notes:

    3.2.3. Linux / Solaris

    1. Open a shell and cd to the directory where you downloaded the installer.
    2. Type the following to install: sh marvinbeans-VERSION-linux.sh (or sh marvinbeans-VERSION-linux_with_jre.sh depend on which package has been downloaded).
    3. You can add the bin subdirectory of the Marvin Beans directory to the PATH to be able to run Marvin applications from any directory.
    Notes:

    3.2.4. Other Platforms

    1. Go to the directory where marvinbeans-VERSION.zip was downloaded then uncompress the zip file.
    2. You can start applications via scripts or batch files that you can find in the marvinbeans/bin directory.
    Notes:

    3.2.5. How to uninstall?

    Use the uninstaller to remove Marvin Beans from your machine. If you give the -q command line parameter by running the uninstaller, it will run in silent mode (no GUI, non-interactive mode).

    3.2.6. Additional package

    Who needs this package?

    Install marvinbeans-lib-VERSION-signed.zip only if you need the signed version of the Marvin Beans package.
    If you would like to launch Marvin applications via Java Web Start from your server, you will need the signed version for security reasons.
    Please note that this archive can only be used as an extension of the already installed Marvin Beans package.

    Installation
    1. Check the product version of the Marvin Beans package you have already installed. You can find the product version of your installed disribution in the Help > About dialog or in the version.properties file located in the Marvin Beans installation directory.
    2. Download the additional package for exactly the same version: marvinbeans-lib-VERSION-signed.zip.
    3. Create a backup of the lib sub-directory of your Marvin Beans package.
    4. Extract the marvinbeans-lib-VERSION-signed.zip archive file into the Marvin Beans directory. Your extractor tool (e.g. unzip or WinZip) may ask confirmation to update all files by unwrapping. In this case let it overwrite all. This operation will update the jar files (overwrite them with the signed versions) in the lib sub-directory of the installed Marvin Beans package.

    3.3. Marvin Beans for .NET

    The Marvin Beans package for .NET platform can be downloaded from this link.

    4. Version Number

    From the Marvin version 5.7, in the file name of any downloadable artifacts, an identifier appears that indicates the internal build number of the file. This identifier begins with _b and continous with a number. It is automatically generated and help to identify the file in the build system of ChemAxon.

     

     

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