HowToInstall - MaceWindu Wiki - MaceWindu

Outline

1. How to Install MaceWindu
2. Download Java JRE
3. Install RXTX Library (Windows)
4. Install RXTX Library (Linux)
5. Install RXTX Library (Debian GNU Based Linux)

How to Install MaceWindu

MaceWindu is developed by Java 8.

You need to install Java 8 JRE to use it.

Download Java JRE

Plese access below link.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre8-downloads-2133155.html

Please select the "Accept License Agreement".Then, you can download the file.

Please Download the File which matches your environment and, Install It.

Install RXTX Library (Windows)

First, Please check your folder of Java.

If you didn't change the destination folder when installed Java JRE, It found in below folder.

C:\Program Files\Java

or

C:\Program Files(x86)\Java

Next, Please open the below page, and download RXTXlibrary which matches your environment.

http://mfizz.com/oss/rxtx-for-java

Downloaded file is compressed by zip. Please extract the zip file.

MaceWindu require 2 file. "RXTXcomm.jar" and, "rxtxSerial.dll" .

1.) Install "RXTXcomm.jar" Please copy "RXTXcomm.jar" in downloaded folder to below folder.

{JAVA_HOME} \jre8\lib\ext

#1 : {JAVA_HOME} means the Java JRE Installed folder

2.) Install "rxtxSerial.dll" Please copy "rxtxSerial.dll" in downloaded folder to below folder.

{JAVA_HOME} \jre8\bin

#1 : {JAVA_HOME} means the Java JRE Installed folder

Install RXTX Library (Linux)

Please download the library which matches your environment from below link , and extract it.

http://mfizz.com/oss/rxtx-for-java

1.) Install "RXTXcomm.jar"

 $ sudo cp RXTXcomm.jar {JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/ext

{JAVA_HOME} means Install folder of Java JRE, you can check it by $ which java

2.) Install "librxtxSerial.so"

 $ sudo cp librxtxSerial.so {JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/{Architecture}

{JAVA_HOME} means Install folder of Java JRE, you can check it by $ which java

Install RXTX Library (Debian GNU Based Linux)

There are some problems in Debian GNU Based Linux when you use RXTX Library which is in above paragraph Install RXTX Library (Linux).

So, Please install the "librxtx-java" package.

 $ sudo apt-get install librxtx-java

Then, installed the library. Please make symbolic link in Java JRE folder which links to Library file.

(or copy the library files to Java JRE folder.)

1.) Install "RXTXcomm.jar"

 $ sudo ln -s /usr/share/java/RXTXcomm-2.2pre2.jar {JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/ext/RXTXcomm.jar

{JAVA_HOME} means Install folder of Java JRE, you can check it by $ which java

2.) Install "librxtxSerial.so"

 $ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/jni/librxtxSerial-2.2pre1.so {JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/{Architecture}/librxtxSerial.so

{JAVA_HOME} means Install folder of Java JRE, you can check it by $ which java