Install Oxygen XML Author on Windows
Choosing an Installer
You can install Oxygen XML Author on Windows using one of the following methods:
System Requirements
- Operating systems
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Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012
- CPU
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- Minimum - Intel Pentium III™/AMD Athlon™ class processor, 1 GHz
- Recommended - Dual Core class processor
- Memory
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- Minimum - 2 GB of RAM
- Recommended - 4 GB of RAM
- Storage
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- Minimum - 400 MB free disk space
- Recommended - 1 GB free disk space
- Java
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Oxygen XML Author requires Java. If you use the native Windows installer, Oxygen XML Author will be installed with its own copy of Java. If you use the all platforms installer, your system must have a compatible Java virtual machine installed.
Oxygen XML Author only supports official and stable Java Virtual Machines with the version number 1.6.0 or later (the recommended version is 1.7) from Oracle available at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html. Oxygen XML Author may work with JVM implementations from other vendors, but there is no guarantee that those implementations will work with future Oxygen XML Author updates and releases.
Oxygen XML Author uses the following rules to determine which installed version of Java to use:
- If you install using the native Windows installer, which installs a version of
Java as part of the Oxygen XML Author installation, the version in the
jresubdirectory of the installation directory is used. - Otherwise, if the Windows environment variable
JAVA_HOMEis set, Oxygen XML Author uses the Java version pointed to by this variable. - Otherwise, the version of Java pointed to by your PATH environment variable is used.
If you run Oxygen XML Author using the batch file,
oxygenAuthor.bat, you can edit the batch file to specify a particular version to use. - If you install using the native Windows installer, which installs a version of
Java as part of the Oxygen XML Author installation, the version in the
Install Using the Windows Installer
To install Oxygen XML Author using the Windows installer, follow these steps:
- Make sure that your system meets the system requirements.
- Download the Windows installer.
- Validate the integrity of the downloaded file by checking it against the MD5 sum published on the download page.
- Run the installer and follow the instructions in the installation program.
- Start Oxygen XML Author using one of the following methods:
- Using one of the shortcuts created by the installer.
- By running
oxygenAuthor.bat, which is located in the install folder.
- To license your copy of Oxygen XML Author go to and enter your license information.
Unattended Installation
You can run the installation in unattended mode by running the installer from the command line with the -q parameter. By default, running the installer in unattended mode installs Oxygen XML Author with the default options and does not overwrite existing files. You can change many options for the unattended installer using the installer command line parameters.