Installation
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Choose a folder
XOWA works from one folder. For the purpose of these instructions, this folder will be referred to as /xowa/.
The table below lists recommended locations by operating system. Note that these are just recommendations: you can use any other folder on your hard drive (or on a flash memory card).
| operating system | folder | path of xowa jar |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | /home/your_user_name/xowa/ | /home/your_user_name/xowa/xowa_linux.jar |
| OS X | /Users/your_user_name/xowa/ | /Users/your_user_name/xowa/xowa_macosx.jar |
| Windows | C:\xowa\ | C:\xowa\xowa_windows.jar |
Download XOWA
- Download an "xowa_app_*.zip" from the download page
- Unzip to the xowa root folder. When finished, you will have a file called /xowa/xowa.gfs as well as many other files and directories.
Run XOWA
- On Windows, double-click C:\xowa\xowa.exe
- On Linux, open a terminal and run
sh /home/your_user_name/xowa/xowa_linux.sh
- Note that the shell script is a wrapper for
java -Xmx256m -jar /home/your_user_name/xowa/xowa_linux.jar
- On OS X, open a terminal and run
sh /Users/your_user_name/xowa/xowa_macosx.sh
- Note that the shell script is a wrapper for
java -Xmx256m -d32 -XstartOnFirstThread -jar /Users/your_user_name/xowa/xowa_macosx.jar