Installing the Situate UI on Linux

This document describes how to install the Situate UI on Linux computers

Step 1. Download the Installer

Go to XonaSoftware's Download page, expand the section for the version you want to install, expand Linux x64_64, and click "Viewer" to download the installer.

Step 2. Run the Installer

First, make the installer executable.

> chmod +x situate-2.0.2.0-gui-linux-2.6-x86_64-64.shar

Next, run the installer.

> ./situate-2.0.2.0-gui-linux-2.6-x86_64-64.shar

                       Welcome to the Situate Installer

This script will install Situate Graphical User Interface.

Continue? [yes|no] yes

Install in your home directory [/home.local/dave/situate]? [yes|no] yes

Install into: /home.local/dave/situate

Install in this location? [yes|no] yes
Making install path directory [/home.local/dave/situate]

Installing files...

Installation complete

Step 3. Run Sitpm

The installer will have placed situate in your home directory unless you specified a different directory during installation. The program to run will be $HOME/situate/sitpm/bin/sitpm.

Java Virtual Machine

The installer will install a Java Runtime Environment as part of the installation. However, if the OpenJDK or OpenJRE version 8 is instaled, it will use the OpenJDK/OpenJRE instead of the one that comes with situate. The OpenJDK often has cleaner-looking fonts and other improvements that make it a better choice.