Ptolemy II 10.0.1 Windows Installer

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Installation hangs after installation progress screen

There are two common causes for hangs during the installation.

Installing the 32-bit installer on a 64-bit machine or vice versa

Due to shortcomings in Windows, the short cuts that invoke Ptolemy are 32-bit or 64-bit specific. If a 32-bit installer is installed on a 64-bit machine or a 64-bit installer is installed on a 32-bit machine, then creating the shortcuts will hang the installer.

The solution is to determine if you are running a 64-bit version of Windows, see See 32-bit or 64-bit for details, and then try the other installer.

Reference: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11461899/izpack-desktop-shortcut-on-windows-not-working.

Running the installer as administrator

If you are logged in as a non-Administrator user, it might be necessary to run the installer as an Administrator by right clicking on the installer and select Run as Administrator

Download Problems

Problems have been reported with downloading the installers.

Not Commonly Downloaded Message

When downloading, you may get a message like:
Screenshot of IE with Not Commonly Downloaded Message

The issues is that the download is not common, the workaround is to click on the "Actions" button and then "Run Anyway".

Invalid or Corrupt Jar File

A Windows user reported this error window:
Screenshot of Java Virtual Machine Launcher Window with Invalid or Corrupt jarfile message

One possible work around is to download the .exe file and invoke the java command on the .exe file:

          java -jar ptII10_0_1_setup_windows_64.exe

It looks like this error message is caused by a problem with the the .exe file that is produced by Launch4J. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5913120/java-embedding-jar-inside-exe for details.

Nightly Build

See the Ptolemy II Nightly Build for snapshots and development releases.

Documentation

Installation Instructions

1. Install Java, if necessary

To run the Windows Ptolemy II installer requires that Java be installed on your machine.

If Java is not installed when you run the Windows Ptolemy II installer, then you will be directed to install a Java Runtime Environment (JRE). This JRE is separate from the JRE that is included in the Windows Ptolemy II installer.

Which Installer?

Under Windows, the Ptolemy II installer includes a private copy of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). The private copy of the JRE includes Java packages that are used by various domains and actors.

  • Java 3D, which is required to run the Graphical (GR) domain demos.
    The version of Java 3D included in the JRE requires that DirectX is installed on your machine.
    If, when you run the GR domain demos, you get a message about d3d8.dll missing, then you probably need to install DirectX.
    DirectX can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en&categoryid=2
  • The Java Advanced Imaging Interface.
  • The Java Serial port communication interface.
  • The Java Media Framework.

JRE vs. JDK

To run Ptolemy II, the Java runtime environment (JRE) is sufficient.
To run the applets in a browser, the Java plug-in is required. The JRE is bundled with the plug-in, so downloading the plug-in also installs the JRE.
To extend Ptolemy II with your own Java code, the Java development kit (JDK) or an equivalent Java development environment is required. The JDK includes a Java compiler.

Which Version of Java?

Ptolemy II 10.0.1 requires Java 1.6 or later. Java 1.8 will also work.

One way to determine what version of Java (if any) is installed is to run our Java Version Applet , which uses the Java 1.6 plug-in. Another way is to run the command below to see whether you have Java installed, and whether it is the proper version:

          java -version

If the command cannot be found, or the version that is printed is less than 1.6, you should install the plug-in, JRE 1.6, or JDK 1.6 or later or use download the installer that includes a private copy of the JRE.

Java Installers

2. Install Ptolemy II

Where to install?

Note that under Java 1.8.0, viewing local applets that have spaces in the path name may fail if the applet tries to download a data file. The workaround is to place the Ptolemy II installation in a directory that does not have space in the pathname. For details, see the Troubleshooting Guide.

In addition, the Copernicus code generator has a hard time with spaces in the path name because of limitations in parameter passing in Soot, a package that Copernicus uses.

Ptolemy II Installers

Rebuilding

The Windows installer will optionally install the Ptolemy II source code.

To build from source either follow the Eclipse instructions or install cygwin

This page covers installing Ptolemy II via a traditional Windows Installer

Other formats include: