openLCA Files

openLCA beta 1.1
Copyright GreenDeltaTC Berlin, 2009
Open Source Software for sustainability assessment
Released under Mozilla Public Licence MPL 1.1
Contact: gdtc@greendeltatc.com

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A Installation 
 A1 Binary (executable) version
 A2 Source code
B Software and hardware requirements
C Configuring openLCA for other OS

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A) INSTALLATION
A1) Binary version (bin / tar.gz):
Windows: Unzip the archive, preserving the directory structure. Then start openLCA.exe.
Mac: Open the disk image (DMG file) and drag the openLCA application icon to your Applications folder.
Linux: Unzip the archive, preserving the directory structure. Then start openLCA.
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A2) Source code: (src):
*_How to import the openLCA source code into Eclipse_*

1. _Download Eclipse
_ Go to http://www.eclipse.org and download ‘Eclipse for RCP/Plug-in Developers’ and extract it.

2. _Install required Plug-ins_

- Click on ‘Help/Install New Software…’

- In the ‘Work with‘ combo select ‘Galileo - http://download.eclipse.org/releases/galileo’

- Check ‘Business Intelligence, Reporting and Charting’

- Click ‘Next’ twice

- Select ‘I accept the terms of the license agreements’ and click on ‘Finish’

- Restart Eclipse when prompted

3. _Add other required Plug-ins_

- Close Eclipse

- Copy all *.jar-files from the ‘additionalLibraries’ folder into the ‘eclipse/dropins’ folder

- Start Eclipse

4. _Import openLCA source code_

- Unrar the ‘openLCA_src.rar’ (any folder outside of the eclipse folder)

- Click on ‘File/Import…’

- Select ‘General/Existing project into workspace’

- At ‘Select root directory’ select the folder where you extracted the openLCA_src.rar file

- Note: There should be only projects displayed starting with ‘org.openlca’, if there are others uncheck them

- Check ‘Copy projects into workspace’ and click ‘Finish’

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B) SOFT- AND HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
B1) Software
1: MySQL not blocked by firewall. openLCA uses MySQL as an embedded server. No additional MySQL installation is needed, but start of MySQL (by openLCA) needs to be permitted by the firewall. MySQL does not connect to another computer or the internet, but is only accessed locally be openLCA. This needs to be permitted by the firewall.
2: openLCA needs a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.6 or higher.

B2) Hardware
2 GB of RAM is recommended.

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C CONFIGURING openLCA for other operation systems
*_How to configure and export the application for another OS_*

1. _Configure_

- Open the ‘openLCA.product’ file in the ‘org.openlca.core.application’ 
Plug-in

- Go to the ‘Dependencies’ tab

- Click ‘Remove all’

- Click on ‘Add…’

- Filter for ‘*openlca’

- Select all openLCA Plug-ins and click ‘Ok’

- Click on ‘Add…’ again

- Filter for ‘*org.eclipse.help’

- Select ‘org.eclipse.help.ui’ and ‘org.eclipse.help.appserver’ and click ‘Ok’

- Check ‘Include optional dependencies when computing required plug-ins’

- Click on ‘Add required plug-ins’

- Save the changes

2. _Test if application is running _

- Go to the ‘Overview’ tab of the product file

- Click on ‘Launch an Eclipse application’

3. _Export the product as standalone version_

- And click on the ‘Eclipse product export wizard’ link

- Type ‘openlca’ in the ‘root directory’-field

- Uncheck ‘Generate metadata repository’ in the ‘Export options’

- Select a directory under destination and click on ‘Finish’