Steps to install PathVisio on M1 Mac (ventura 13.4.1) (suggestions)

hiromasaono commented 1 year ago

Thank you for maintaining a nice tool! I tried to install PathVisio on M1 Mac (arm-64, ventura 13.4.1) but could not handle the existing documentation (especially the Java 8 setup), so I share the steps that worked. (It would be great if you could add it to the documentation if possible.)

Installing PathVisio (M1 Mac, Ventura 13.4.1)

Installing Java 8

In case JDK is not installed:

Running java -version in the terminal will display an error message.

The operation couldn’t be completed. Unable to locate a Java Runtime.
Please visit http://www.java.com for information on installing Java.

Download and install Java 8 (LTS) provided by Azul.

Running java -version in the terminal should display the following:

openjdk version "1.8.0_372"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (Zulu 8.70.0.23-CA-macos-aarch64) (build 1.8.0_372-b07)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (Zulu 8.70.0.23-CA-macos-aarch64) (build 25.372-b07, mixed mode)

Downloading PathVisio

Download Current version: PathVisio 3.3.0 from the "Alternative installation" section on the Download page.
Extract the contents of the zip file.

Launching PathVisio

Run the pathvisio.sh file in the pathvisio-3.3.0 directory from the terminal.
```
$ cd /Applications/pathvisio-3.3.0
$ sh pathvisio.sh
```
Alternatively, double-click the pathvisio.jar file to launch PathVisio.

mkutmon commented 1 year ago

Dear @hiromasaono! Thanks so much for reporting this. Did you try the .dmg file for MacOSX? It should have Java 8 packaged within the installer, so a separate installation of Java should not be required anymore. Or did you have issues with using the .dmg installer?

hiromasaono commented 1 year ago

Dear @mkutmon ! Thank you very much for your comments. I first tried to install with the .dmg file for MacOSX, but had Java issues, so I tried the method I posted above and it worked fine.

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