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Florian Dexl edited this page Oct 16, 2024 · 2 revisions

eLamX² is offered for download in two ways for Windows 64bit and Linux 64bit. Firstly as an installer and secondly as a ZIP file.

The installer installs eLamX² on the system including all necessary dependencies. The ZIP files contain a directly executable version of eLamX², so that no installation and no administrator rights are required. The ZIP files simply need to be unpacked in a folder of your choice and then the executable file in the “bin” folder needs to be started.

To install, download the appropriate installer for your operating system (Windows 64bit, Linux 64bit) from the eLamX² website

http://www.elamx.de

An operating system-independent version is also available as a ZIP file. Also in this case, no direct installation is necessary and it can also be used for systems other than Windows and Linux. However, the installation of the JRE (Java Runtime Environment) is required for use.

Windows

  1. Download the installer (ends with: .exe)
  2. Start the installation by double-clicking on the downloaded file
  3. Follow the instructions.

Linux

  1. Download the installer (ends with: .sh)
  2. Open a terminal
  3. Change to the download directory cd $DOWNLOAD_FOLDER
  4. Make the installer executable chmod +x elamx2-linux.sh
  5. Start the installation ./elamx2-linux.sh
  6. Follow the instructions.

ZIP file

  1. Installation of the Java Runtime Environment (https://www.java.com)
  2. After downloading the operating system-independent ZIP file, it must be unpacked into an arbitrary folder.
  3. In the now existing eLamX² folder, the executable file in the subfolder “bin” must be executed by double-clicking. The following assignment applies:

Windows: elamx2.exe Linux: elamx2

  1. Adjust the path of the JRE in the file $INSTALLATIONDIRECTORY$/etc/elamx2.conf

Setting the language of eLamX²

The program always adapts to the language settings of the operating system. The default language is English. The program only starts with a German GUI if the operating system language is German.

Changing this behavior is currently only possible via options when starting the program. There are two options for this.

temporary solution

When calling the program in the command line/command prompt, “--locale en” must be added.

Example Windows

“C:\\$INSTALLATIONDIRECTORY$\\bin\\elamx2.exe” --locale en

Example Linux

$INSTALLATIONDIRECTORY$/eLamX2 --locale en

permanent solution

“--locale en” must be added to the configuration file of eLamX². It can be found in the following locations:

Windows

C:\\$INSTALLATIONDIRECTORY$\\etc\\elamx2.conf

Linux

$INSTALLATIONDIRECTORY$/etc/elamx2.conf

“--locale en” is added to the default_options entry in elamx2.conf so that it looks like this

default_options="--locale en ...”

As a further alternative, the temporary solution can also be implemented as a shortcut in Windows.

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