Essential Standalone Installation

3 min

Starting Essential Modeller (Protege)

Windows

  • Go to the protege folder
  • Double click on run_protege.bat
  • Open the repository in the repositories/essential_metamodel folder

macOS

  • Open the Terminal app (located in Application > Utilities)
  • Browse to the Essential Standalone folder
    • For example cd ~/Desktop/essential_standalone_61910/
  • Run the startup script: protege/run_protege.sh
  • Open the repository in the repositories/essential_metamodel folder

Starting Essential Viewer and Import Utility

Windows

  1. Go to the tomcat/bin folder
  2. Double click on startup.bat

macOS

  • Open the Terminal app (located in Application > Utilities)
  • Browse to the Essential Standalone folder
    • For example cd ~/Desktop/essential_standalone_61910/
  • Run the startup script: tomcat/bin/startup.sh

Essential Viewer

Essential Import Utility

Stopping Essential Viewer and Import Utility

Windows

  1. Go to the tomcat/bin folder
  2. Double click on shutdown.bat

macOS

  • Open the Terminal app (located in Application > Utilities)
  • Browse to the Essential Standalone folder
    • For example cd ~/Desktop/essential_standalone_61910/
  • Run the shutdown script: tomcat/bin/shudown.sh

Common issues on macOS

  • On Apple Silicon enabled machines, you may need to install Apple Rosetta 2. From Terminal,
    enter the command softwareupdate --install-rosetta and click Enter.
  • You may need to make the files executable. To do this, use chmod and sudo, e.g. chmod +x startup.sh followed by sudo ./startup.sh
  • If startup.sh says ‘unregistered developer’ and you can’t open it then press Control and click startup.sh and then select Open. In the modal click Open

Updated 22 October 2024

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