Chapter 2. Installation

Table of Contents

Installation Requirements
Platform Requirements
Operating System, Tools and Environment Requirements
Installation Instructions
Starting oXygen
Obtaining and Installing an oXygen License
Upgrading oXygen
Uninstalling oXygen
Preferences
Global
File Types
Proxy Configuration
Editor
Print
External FO processors
External Tools
Plugins
XML Catalog
XML Parser Features
Code Insight
Colors
Memory Management

This section explains platform requirements and installation procedures. It also provides instructions on how to obtain and apply an oXygen license, how to perform upgrades and uninstall oXygen if required.

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Installation Requirements

Platform Requirements

Minimum run-time requirements are listed below.

  • Pentium Class Platform

  • 64 MB of RAM

  • 50 MB free disk space

Operating System, Tools and Environment Requirements

Operating System

Windows

All versions

MAC-OS

minimum Mac-OS X 10.0

UNIX/Linux

All versions/flavors

Tools

Installation packages are supplied in compressed archives. Ensure you have installed a suitable archive extraction utility with which to extract the archive.

Environment Prerequisites

Prior to installation ensure that your Operating System environment complies with the following:

  • JRE 1.3 or higher

  • The PATH environment variable is set to the most current Java VM installation.

  • References to older Java VM installations are removed from the PATH.