VORPAL Studio

VORPAL Studio is a stand-alone window application developed to assist users in forming input files for use the VORPAL plasma simulation code. It is an editor and validator that has built-in functions and graphical components that help VORPAL users to create well-formed input files.

A screenshot of VORPAL studio in use.

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Note: This application requires Java 6 (or also called Java 1.6.x). Below are platform specific instructions to install the latest release of VORPAL Studio.

Windows

If you don't have Java 6, you can download it from http://www.java.com/.

After the installer is downloaded (above link), run it (either execute it from the download dialog or save it and then double-click on the jar file). This unpacks a "jar" file that is the studio executable (named txstudo.jar). Once this is done, you may either double-click on the jar file from your desktop or execute the command:

java -jar txstudio.jar

If "java" is version 1.6, if not this will not work. The installer executable (txstudio_installer.jar) detects your version of java and checks this for you.

Linux

If you don't have Java 6, you can download it from http://www.java.com/. VORPAL Studio requires the get the 32-bit version, and will not run with the 64 bit version. The compat-libstdc++-33 32-bit package is also required.

After the installer is downloaded, run it with "java -jar txstudio_installer.jar". This unpacks the VORPAL STUDIO resources to $HOME/.txcorp/txstudio directory and attempt to install the application with Java-Web-Start. If the Java-Web-Start installation was successful, then you can click on the VORPAL Studio icon on your desktop. Whether or not the Java-Web-Start installation was successful, you can launch the application from the desktop icon or with the command:

java -jar $HOME/.txcorp/txstudio/txstudio.jar

Make sure the "java" in your path is version 1.6 by using "java -version". The installer detects your version of java and checks this for you.

Mac OS X

VORPAL Studio requires Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). Java 6 is available from Apple's Developer Connection. This requires a free developer account -- you may sign up at http://connect.apple.com. One logged into the Developer's Connection, go to the Java section from the right hand side navigation and download the "Java SE 6 Developer Preview 8 (Disk Image)". (A screen shot of where to look is available here. The Release Notes for the Java 6 package contain useful information about checking to make sure the installation was successful. Once you have Java 6 install you can run the installer download from the above link (either execute it from the download dialog or save it and then double-click on the jar file).

The installer unpacks a "jar" file that is the studio executable (named txstudo.jar). You will also have to point the installer to the Java 6 that you have installed. When the installer prompts you, be sure to navigate to "1.6.0/Home/bin/java" to choose the executable "java" file. Once this is done, you may either double-click on the icon from your desktop or execute the following command from the terminal (all on a single line):

/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6/Commands/java -jar txstudio.jar

You can always run "java -version" to check that the version is 1.6 or greater, if not the studio will not work properly. The installer executable (txstudio_installer.jar) detects your version of java and checks this for you and once you choose it within the install process the generated shortcut will be set up properly.