Installing Gallery Mage

[divzero]

NB. If you experiance problems, help can be obtained from the Gallery Mage Forum


Windows

1. Install Java (or check that it is alrady is installed). Visit the Java website for both. You need to have Java version 1.4 or better installed to run Gallery Mage.
2. Download the Gallery Mage windows installer, and install.
3. For optimal performance, also install JAI (this can be done at any time)
4. To launch, open Gallery Mage from the start menu

Mac OS X

1. You will need a version of Mac OS X with Java 1.4. According to this page that is OS X 10.2 onwards (which should be most Mac users).
2. Download the Gallery Mage disk image, and drag the Gallery Mage folder to your Applications folder.
3. For optimal performance, also install JAI (this can be done at any time)
4. To launch, open the Gallery Mage folder in your Applications folder and double click the Gallery Mage icon

Command Line (Any Supported Java Platform, including Linux)

1. Ensure Java 1.4 or later is installed. You can check by typing the command:
   

   Code: Select all

   $ java -version


2. Download Gallery Mage, uncompress into a directory
3. For optimal performance, also install JAI (this can be done at any time)
4. Run the shell script GallMage2 like so (from the Gallery Mage directory):
   

   Code: Select all

   $ ./GallMage2


   
   Alternativly, you can launch Gallery Mage like so:
   

   Code: Select all

   $ java -cp gallmage.jar:lib/jtank.jar:lib/edtftpj.jar -Xms32m -Xmx512m com.tanksoftware.gallmage.GallMage2


   
   NB. Windows should can run the batch script 'GallMage2.bat', or the following command instead
   

   Code: Select all

   java -cp gallmage.jar;lib/jtank.jar;lib/edtftpj.jar -Xms32m -Xmx512m com.tanksoftware.gallmage.GallMage2


NB. the -Xms/-Xmx lines specificy the min/max MB RAM available to Gallery Mage. If you get OutOfMemory errors, or have lots of RAM, you can increase those numbers (partiularly the max)