Installing on Linux and Solaris

Note

You may install as an unprivileged user on Linux and Solaris.

You will have received instructions on how to download the appropriate file. Download and save the installation .tar.gz file to your hard disk. This file is named KapowKatalyst_8.2.0.tar.gz for the Linux 32-bit version, KapowKatalyst_8.2.0_x64.tar.gz for the Linux 64-bit version, and KapowKatalyst_8.2.0_Solaris.tar.gz for the Solaris version. The following instructions refer to the Linux 32-bit version, but the others are the same except for the filename.

When the download is completed, the installation is done by extracting the contents of the file. In most Linux distributions, this can be done by right-clicking the file and choosing the appropriate extraction option. The file can also be extracted from the command line as follows:

$tar xzf KapowKatalyst_8.2.0.tar.gz

Alternatively, to extract the file to a specific directory, the following command can be used:

$tar xzf KapowKatalyst_8.2.0.tar.gz -C /destination_directory

When the file has been extracted, the license information must be entered. To do this, start the Settings program which is accessible in the bin directory. The Settings program can be started from the command line:

$sh Settings

Once Settings has been opened, navigate to the "License" tab and enter the license information. Then click "OK" to save the settings. Now the programs of Kapow Katalyst can be started. For instance, to start the Design Studio, launch the DesignStudio file in the bin directory.

Installing on a Headless Computer

If you are installing on a headless computer (a computer without an X window system), you follow the steps described above to extract the archive. Then, to create the necessary configuration files, launch the RoboServer program. This will tell you that the license key is invalid and give you information on the location of the configuration file license.properties in which the correct information must be entered (usually /home/user/.KapowKatalyst/version_number/Configuration/license.properties). The data must be entered into license.properties as shown in the following example:

company=Example Company name=Example Name licenseKey=123456789 emailAddress=name@examplecompany.com

When the data has been entered, the Kapow Katalyst programs can be started.