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Install Oxygen XML Editor on Mac OS X

Parent topic: Installation

Choosing an Installer

You can install Oxygen XML Editor on Mac OS X using one of the following methods:

  • Install using the Mac OS X installation package, oxygen.dmg.

System Requirements

System requirements for a Mac OS X install:

Operating system

OS X version 10.8 64-bit or later

CPU
  • Minimum - Intel-based Mac, 1 GHz
  • Recommended - Dual Core class processor
Memory
  • Minimum - 2 GB of RAM
  • Recommended - 4 GB of RAM
Storage
  • Minimum - 400 MB free disk space
  • Recommended - 1 GB free disk space
Java

Oxygen XML Editor requires Java to run. OS X includes Java by default or it will install it on the first attempt to run a Java application.

Oxygen XML Editor only supports official and stable Java Virtual Machines with the version number 1.6.0 or later (the recommended version is 1.6.0 from Apple). Oxygen XML Editor may work with JVM implementations from other vendors, but there is no guarantee that other implementations will work with future Oxygen XML Editor updates and releases.

Oxygen XML Editor uses the following rules to determine which installed version of Java to use:

  1. If you start Oxygen XML Editor with the application launcher (.app) file then:
    1. If you use the zip distribution for OS X Oxygen XML Editor uses the Apple Java SE 6 available on your Mac computer
    2. If you use the tar.gz distribution that contains a bundled JRE then Oxygen XML Editor will use that bundled JRE
  2. If you start Oxygen XML Editor using a startup .sh script then:
    1. If a bundled JRE is available then it will be used
    2. Otherwise, if the JAVA_HOME environment variable is set then the Java distribution indicated by it will be used
    3. Otherwise, the version of Java pointed to by your PATH environment variable will be used

If you run Oxygen XML Editor using the oxygen.sh script, you can change the version of Java used by editing to script file. Go to the Java command at the end of the script file and specify the full path to the Java executable of the desired JVM version. For example:

/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/bin/java "-Xdock:name= ...

OS X Installation

To install Oxygen XML Editor on OS X, follow these steps:

  1. Download the OS X installation package (oxygen.dmg).
  2. Validate the integrity of the downloaded file by checking it against the MD5 sum published on the download page.
  3. Double-click the oxygen.dmg disk image file to mount it.
  4. Drag/Copy the Oxygen XML Editor folder to your /Applications folder (or another location if you wish).
    Do not copy the files/folders from within the Oxygen XML Editor folder (always copy the folder itself), otherwise you will omit invisible files/folders and the application may no longer start.
    Oxygen XML Editor is now installed.
  5. Start Oxygen XML Editor, using one of the following methods:

    • Double-click Oxygen XML Editor.app.

    • Run sh oxygenMac.sh in the command line interface.

    Notice

    You can start multiple instances on the same computer by running the following command for each new instance:
    open -n Oxygen.app
  6. To license your copy of Oxygen XML Editor, go to Help ⇒ Register to enter your license key.

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