How to Install

The Open The Book software is available under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

• Install the visualizer from the binary file.

  • Windows

    Download otbInstall.exe (29 MB) then then launch the installer by double clicking on it.

  • Linux PC

    Download otb-1.0-linux-binary.tar.gz (34 MB) then type:
    
        tar xzvf otb-1.0-linux-binary.tar.gz (34 MB)
    

    See Run the visualizer for instructions on how to run it (you must have Java 1.4 or greater installed).

• Install the visualizer from source code.

  • Linux PC

    Download otb-1.0-linux-source.tar.gz, then type:
    
        tar xzvf otb-1.0-linux-source.tar.gz
        cd otb-1.0
    
    Open local.config and edit the lines that point to Java version 1.3 and version 1.4. Specify the full path.
    
        export JAVA13_HOME=
        export JAVA14_HOME=

    Now type:
    
        source local.config
        source setup.bash
    
    to set up the environment variables. Next type:
    
        ./configure
        make
    
    to build the visualizer, external classes and libraries.
    
    Finally, type:
    
        make install
    
    To archive the java classes into otb.jar file, then copy them into installed directory.