Installation

Download

The compiled software can be downloaded from Download page. As the software is written in Java, the compiled code runs on most platforms. The software consists of a single jar file openopal.jar.

Start

Start OpenOpal with either:

• double clicking on the jar (this is simple, however, not activated on all plattforms and console output may not be seen).
• open a Linux shell or Windows Command Line and enter one of the following two command in the same directory as file openopal.jar was downloaded (Windows often requires the latter command).

$ java -jar openopal.jar  

$ java -classpath openopal.jar org.openopal.core.OpenOpal

• to see additional command line options enter

$ java -jar openopal.jar -help 

Writing a Shell Script

The script assumes an OpenOpal archive file openopal.jar. This filename can be replaced to match the actual name or by a filename with absolute path.

In Windows, create a file openopal.bat with the following content:

$java -cp openopal.jar org/openopal/core/OpenOpal %* /pre>

In Linux, create a file openopal.sh with the following content:
<pre>
#!/bin/sh
java -classpath openopal.jar org.openopal.core.OpenOpal $*
/pre>
To make the file executable enter in the shell:
<pre>
chmod u+x openopal.sh
/pre>