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Protege 5 Installation instructions for MacOSX

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Mac OS X

Protege Desktop 5.0 is distributed in the form of a ZIP file from the main Protege website and requires Java 7. Please consult the Oracle Java website for Java download and installation instructions.

Check for Java 7 (optional)

This step is optional. Perform this step if you aren't sure if Java 7 or later is installed on your computer, and used by the Terminal application.

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

Download the ZIP file

• Go to the 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:

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).

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