Download BioQuery

Windows Instructions:

Instructions

• After downloading, double-click bqinstall.exe


Notes

• You do not need to install any other software. A Java virtual machine is included with this download.


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Mac OS X Instructions:

Instructions

• After downloading, double-click bqinstall


Notes

• Requires PowerPC and Mac OS X 10.0 or later
• The installer will be recognized by Stuffit Expander and will be automatically decoded after downloading.
  If it does not, you can decode it using StuffIt Expander 6.0 or later


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AIX Instructions:

Instructions

• After downloading open a shell and,  cd to the directory where you downloaded the installer.
• At the prompt type:  sh ./bqinstall.bin


Notes

• If you do not have a Java virtual machine installed, be sure to download the package above which includes one. Otherwise you may need to download one from Sun's Java web site.


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Solaris Instructions:

Instructions

• After downloading open a shell and,  cd to the directory where you downloaded the installer.
• At the prompt type:  sh ./bqinstall.bin


Notes

• If you do not have a Java virtual machine installed, be sure to download the package above which includes one. Otherwise you may need to download one from Sun's Java web site.


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Linux Instructions:

Instructions

• After downloading open a shell and,  cd to the directory where you downloaded the installer.
• At the prompt type:  sh ./bqinstall.bin


Notes

• If you do not have a Java virtual machine installed, be sure to download the package above which includes one. Otherwise you may need to download one from Sun's Java web site or contact your OS manufacturer.


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HP-UX Instructions:

Instructions

• After downloading open a shell and,  cd to the directory where you downloaded the installer.
• At the prompt type:  sh ./bqinstall.bin


Notes

• If you do not have a Java virtual machine installed, be sure to download the package above which includes one. Otherwise you may need to download one from Sun's Java web site or contact your OS manufacturer.


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Unix Instructions:

Instructions

• After downloading open a shell and,  cd to the directory where you downloaded the installer.
• At the prompt type:  sh ./bqinstall.bin


Notes

• You need to install a Java 1.1.4 (or later) virtual machine. You can download one from Sun's Java web site or contact your OS manufacturer.
• If you do not have a Java virtual machine installed, be sure to download the package above which includes one. Otherwise you may need to download one from Sun's Java web site or contact your OS manufacturer.


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All Other Platforms Instructions:

Instructions (Unix or Unix-like operating systems)

• For Java 2, after downloading, type
    java -jar bqinstall.jar
• For Java 1.1, after downloading, type
    jre -cp bqinstall.jar install
• If that does not work, try
    java -classpath [path to]classes.zip:bqinstall.jar install
• If that does not work either, on sh-like shells, try
    cd [to directory where bqinstall.jar is located]
  CLASSPATH=bqinstall.jar
  export CLASSPATH
  java install
• Or for csh-like shells, try
    cd [to directory where bqinstall.jar is located]
  setenv CLASSPATH bqinstall.jar
  java install


Instructions (for other platforms)

• Be sure you have Java 1.1.6 or later installed. You can download Java from Sun's site
• In a console window, change to the directory where you downloaded bqinstall.jar to before running the installer
• Your operating system may invoke Java in a different way. To start the installer, add bqinstall.jar to your CLASSPATH, then start the main class of the installer named install


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