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== Move Protege to Applications == | == Move Protege to Applications == | ||
| − | * Once the download completes, navigate to the folder where the ZIP file was | + | * Once the download completes, navigate to the folder where the ZIP file was downloaded. On a Mac, this will typically be your "Downloads" folder. Unpack it. unpacked and you should see: |
| − | [[File: | + | [[File:MacOSXInstalledProtegeFolder.png]] |
| − | Drag the Protege_5. | + | Drag the Protege_5.0.0 folder to the Applications directory. |
== Launch Protege == | == Launch Protege == | ||
| − | To launch Protege Desktop, double-click the <code> | + | To launch Protege Desktop, double-click the <code>Protégé.app</code> file in the root directory of the installation (<code>Applications/Protege_5.0.0d</code>). |
== Allow Protege to run == | == Allow Protege to run == | ||
| − | The first time you will try to run the <code> | + | The first time you will try to run the <code>Protégé.app</code>, you may get a warning: |
[[File:MacOXWarningProtegeApp.png]] | [[File:MacOXWarningProtegeApp.png]] | ||
Revision as of 15:22, May 24, 2016
Protege 5 Installation instructions for MacOSX
Contents
Go to the main Protege 5 installation page
Protege Desktop 5.0 is distributed in the form of a ZIP file from the main Protege website, and includes the 64-bit Java Runtime Environment (JRE). So, it is not necessary to have Java pre-installed on your computer to run Protege.
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 downloaded. On a Mac, this will typically be your "Downloads" folder. Unpack it. unpacked and you should see:
File:MacOSXInstalledProtegeFolder.png
Drag the Protege_5.0.0 folder to the Applications directory.
Launch Protege
To launch Protege Desktop, double-click the Protégé.app file in the root directory of the installation (Applications/Protege_5.0.0d).
Allow Protege to run
The first time you will try to run the Protégé.app, you may get a warning:
To allow Protege to run, go to your System Preferences (in the dock, or in Finder->Applications->System Preferences), and go to the Security & Privacy, and then the General tab. It will look like this:
Click on the button Open anyway and you will get to another dialog, like:
Click on Open and Protege will start.
Alternatively, you may also select for the Allow apps downloaded from: the checkbox: Anywhere in the Security & Privacy preferences panel.
Troubleshooting
Q: When I double-click on the run script, nothing happens, or I see a window that comes up, and goes away!
A: Try running Protege from a console and report any errors displayed in the console window on the Protege User Support mailing list.
- How to run Protege from the console on OS X:
- Open Finder
- Select Applications -> Utilities, then double-click on the Terminal application
- In the resulting Terminal window, change to the directory where you unzipped Protege (e.g.,
cd /Applications/Protege_5.0_beta) - Type
sh run.command
Then report the results back on the protege-user mailing list.
