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pmartin7 edited this page Aug 15, 2016 · 11 revisions

Local installation

This section summarizes how to set up a PC to run the Music Graph Explorer solution locally, including the Neo4j based graph storage.

1. Install Neo4j

  • Download Neo4j Community Edition 3.0 for Windows. Note it must be a v3 release, the solution does not support Neo4j v1 and v2 for now as a graph storage.
  • Install Neo4j on your local box. Install folder: C:\Program Files\Neo4j CE 3.0.4

2. Download test music graph store to your local box and test Neo4j installation

  • Download the full default.graphdb folder ([OneDrive location] (https://1drv.ms/f/s!AugVHxjh0dP-gv9hnfgYHRD6WmudJA)). Size: approx. 200 Mb

  • Unzip the content of the default.graphdb folder to C:\Neo4j\MusicGraphExplorer

  • Start Neo4j. Point the database location to the folder C:\Neo4j\MusicGraphExplorer, then click start

  • Start your browser at http://localhost:7474/browser/

  • enter user name neo4j and password Gr@phexplore1

  • Type in a Cypher query to retrieve 15 nodes from Nirvana's subgraph of related artists and genres:

    MATCH (b:Artist)<-[:RELATED]-(a:Artist {Name: "Nirvana"})-[:IN_GENRE]->(g) RETURN a, b, g LIMIT 15

  • type in another query to retrieve count of artists and genres:

    MATCH (a:Artist) WITH count(distinct a) as totalArtists MATCH (g:Genre) WITH totalArtists, count(distinct g) as totalGenres MATCH (a)-[r:RELATED]->(b) RETURN totalArtists, totalGenres, count(distinct r) as totalArtistRelationships

3. Set up visual studio

  • Download and install VS 2012, 2013, or 2015. Ensure you have at least VS 2012 Update 3 installed, and [Visual Studio Tools for Git] (https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/abafc7d6-dcaa-40f4-8a5e-d6724bdb980c) so you can pull the solution from Git directly from VS. On VS 2012, ensure you have selected the Git Provider under Tools>Options>Source Control
  • Under VS Team Explorer>Connect, Clone the Music Graph Explorer to a local git repository. Clone it from this url: https://github.com/pmartin7/MusicGraphExplorer.git. Then sync from the unsynced commits tab. This will prompt for your GitHub credentials.
  • Open the MusicGraphExplorer.sln solution from your local repository.
  • The solution is currently built using .Net framework 4.5.2. This may prompt you to download the latest version of the .Net framework.

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