Installation notes

System Requirements
Installation
Compilation
Execution

DataPath Simulator is written in Processing, a language based on Java language, that supports the most used desktop platforms, like Windows, Mac OS X and GNU/Linux.

System Requirements ↑

Compilation Requirements

Source is compilable in following operating systems:

Operating System	Version
Windows	Windows 7(32 bit,64 bit), Windows 8,Windows 8.1, Windows 10
GNU/Linux	Ubuntu 14.04 (32-bit) or higher, Ubuntu 16.04 (64-bit) or higher
Mac OS X	10.9,10.10,10.11

For further information about supported platforms refer to official page.

Execution Requirements

Software requires the installation of Java 8 available on official page. It has following requirements:

Operating System	Version	RAM	Free space on HD	Processor
Windows	Windows 10 (8u51 e versioni successive), Windows 8.x (Desktop), Windows 7 SP1, Windows Vista SP2	128 MB	15 MB	266 MHz Pentium 2 minimum
GNU/Linux	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5+, 6.x (a 32 bit), 6.x (a 64 bit), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x (a 64 bit)3 (7u67 and later), Ubuntu Linux 10.04 and later	128 MB	15 MB
Mac OS X	Mac based on Intel and with Mac OS X 10.8.3+, 10.9+	128 MB	15 MB

For further information about requirements refer to official page. N.B.For Mac users dowloading Java 8 is unnecessary because (due to fluctuating compatibility)the software uses a JVM included in package.

Installation ↑

Unzip chosen archive containing simulator in a directory of your choice. Extracted folder includes following folders (according to chosen distribution, some folders may miss):

src − contains source and its data
doc − contains documentation
bin− contains executable and necessary components

The folder bin contains folder like:

application.nameSOversionSO

containing binaries of your system.

Compilation ↑

To compile use files .pde in folder src by the IDE provided by Processing,importing folder lib and include libraries dependending on operating system and architecture:gluegen-rt-natives-chosen_OS-architecture and gluegen-all-natives-chosen_OS-architecture .

Execution ↑

Linux

To execute simulator ,give execution permission to the file dps inside folder, application by command:

chmod 755 PATH/dps

And execute the file dps with GUI by doubleclick o from terminal:

./dps

Windows

To execute simulator execute application_(version)/dps.exe by doubleclick.

Mac OS

To execute simulator execute application_(version)/dps.app by doubleclick.