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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold; font-size:20px;">Protege Desktop 5.0 Beta Installation Instructions</span><br /><br />

Please refer to the specific installation instructions for your platform.


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== Windows ==
Protege Desktop 5.0 beta is distributed in the form of a ZIP file and requires Java 7.

If you already know that Java 7 is installed on your Windows machine, skip to next section on [[#Download_the_ZIP_file|downloading the ZIP file]].

If you check for Java 7 and determine that you don't have Java installed on your Windows machine, please refer to the Oracle Java website for [http://www.java.com/en/download/help/windows_manual_download.xml download and installation instructions].  After installing Java 7, proceed to the next section on [[#Download_the_ZIP_file|downloading the ZIP file]].

=== Check for Java 7 ===
There are several possible ways to check your Java version on Windows.

==== From the Windows Start menu ====
* Click the Windows Start button.
* Type "Java" in the "Search programs and files" text box.
* Select "About Java" from the results listed under the "Programs" header:


[[Image:InstallP5_AboutJava.png]]


Selecting About Java will display a dialog with your Java version:


[[Image:InstallP5_OracleJavaVersionDialog.png]]


==== From the Command Prompt ====
* Click the Windows Start button.
* Type "Command Prompt" in the "Search programs and files" text box.
* Select "Command Prompt" from the results list to launch the Command Prompt application.
* Type "java -version" at the prompt to view your Java version:


[[Image:InstallP5_CommandPromptJavaVersion.png]]


==== From the Java Control Panel ====
Detailed instructions for determining your version of Java via the Java Control Panel are [http://www.java.com/en/download/help/version_manual.xml#jcpl available on the Oracle Java website].


=== Download the ZIP file ===

* Go to the [http://protege.stanford.edu/products.php#desktop-protege Products page] on the Protege website.
* Click the "Download for Windows" button to download the ZIP file to your machine.


=== Unzip Protege ===
Once the download completes, navigate to the folder where the ZIP file was downloaded.  On a Windows machine, this will typically be your "Downloads" folder, e.g., "C:/Users/<your-username>/Downloads".

Right-click on the ZIP file and choose "Extract All..." from the context menu to launch the Extract Compressed Folders dialog.  Click the Browse... button to select a destination for your Protege Desktop installation, e.g., the "C:/Program Files" folder:


[[Image:InstallP5_ExtractFilesDialog.png]]


Protege Desktop will be extracted to your selected destination into a folder called "Protege_5.0_beta":


[[Image:InstallP5_ProtegeUnzipped.png]]


=== Launch Protege ===
To launch Protege Desktop, double-click the '''run.bat''' file in the root directory of the installation.

For quicker access to Protege Desktop going forward, right-click on the run.bat file and select "Send to" -> "Desktop (create shortcut)".  This will create a shortcut to Protege Desktop's launcher on your Windows Desktop called "run.bat - Shortcut".  Select the shortcut and press the F2 key to rename the shortcut to something more user friendly, e.g., "Protege 5.0 beta".


== Mac OS X ==
Protege 5.0 is distributed in the form of a ZIP file and requires Java 7.

If you already know that Java 7 is installed on your Mac, skip to next section on [[#Download_the_ZIP_file_2|downloading the ZIP file]].

If you check for Java 7 and determine that you don't have Java installed on your Mac, please refer to the Oracle Java website for [http://www.java.com/en/download/help/mac_install.xml download and installation instructions].  After installing Java 7, proceed to the next section on [[#Download_the_ZIP_file_2|downloading the ZIP file]].

=== Check for Java 7 ===
There are several ways to check for Java 7 on your Mac.

==== From the Java Control Panel ====
* Click the Apple icon in the upper left of the screen.
* Choose System Preferences...
* Click the Java icon to bring up the Java Control Panel.
* On the General tab, click About... to see your Java version number:


[[Image:InstallP5_MacJavaControlPanel.png]]


==== From the Terminal ====
* Open Finder.
* Go to Applications -> Utilities.
* Double-click the Terminal application.
* At the prompt, type "java -version" to see your Java version number:

[[Image:InstallP5_Terminal.png]]

=== Download the ZIP file ===
* Go to the [http://protege.stanford.edu/products.php#desktop-protege Products page] on the Protege website.
* Click the "Download for Mac OSX" button to download the ZIP file to your machine.


=== Move Protege to Applications ===
* Once the download completes, navigate to the folder where the ZIP file was unpacked.  On a Mac, this will typically be your "Downloads" folder:

[[Image:InstallP5_DownloadsFolder.png]]

Drag the Protege_5.0_beta folder to the Applications directory.


=== Launch Protege ===
To launch Protege Desktop, double-click the run.command file in the root directory of the installation (Applications/Protege_5.0_beta/run.command).


== Unix-like ==
Protege 5.0 is distributed in the form of a tar.gz file and requires Java 7.