Retrieving from a cd, Installing java – Ocean Optics OmniDriver Install User Manual
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OmniDriver Installation Instructions
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4. If the previous command does not successfully restart udev, you will need to reboot your system.
5. After you have finished installing OmniDriver, you must also install Java on your computer. See Installing
Java for details on how to install the required version of Java.
6. After completing all of the above steps, run the shell script LinuxDiagnostic.sh provided with OmniDriver
to verify that OmniDriver was successfully installed on your Linux system. This script is located in the
Utilities subdirectory of the OmniDriver installation. Note that the OmniDoctor utility is not available for
the Linux platform.
Retrieving from a CD
Your OmniDriver software is shipped to you from Ocean Optics on a CD. The software is located either on the main
Software and Technical Resources CD, or on a separate CD labeled OmniDriver Spectroscopy Development
Platform. You will need the password located on the jacket of the CD containing your OmniDriver software to
complete the installation.
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Procedure
1. Insert the CD that you received containing your OmniDriver software into your computer.
2. Select the OmniDriver software for your computer’s operating platform. Then follow the prompts in the
installation wizard.
Or,
Browse to the appropriate OmniDriver set-up file for your computer and double-click it to start the
software installation. Set-up files are as follows:
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Windows: OmniDriverSPAM_yyyy.mm.dd_Win32.exe
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Mac: OmniDriverSPAM_yyyy.mm.dd_Mac.dmg
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Linux: OmniDriverSPAM_yyyy.mm.dd_Linux.bin
Where: yyyy.mm.dd = year.month.day (example 2008.08.05)
3. Refer to the appropriate installation section, depending on your operating platform to complete the
installation. See
Installing on a Windows XP Platform
Installing on a Windows Vista Platform
Installing on a Linux Platform
and follow
the steps listed in that section.
Installing Java
All operating platforms other than Mac OSX require you to manually install Java. If you are developing on Mac
OSX, you do not need to install or upgrade Java. Mac OSX comes with Java 1.5 preinstalled, which is adequate for
OmniDriver development on the Mac platform. For all other platforms, you must install Java version 1.6 or later
after you have installed OmniDriver. If you are developing in C or C++, you must install the full “JDK” (Java
Developer’s Kit) flavor of Java. For development with any of the other languages, you may install the smaller “JRE”
(Java Runtime Edition) flavor of Java. If you have already installed the required flavor of Java JDK 1.6 on your
system, you do not need to do anything further.
Note
If you are installing OmniDriver on an end-user’s PC for someone who is not developing new
OmniDriver applications, but merely using your application, you only need to install the smaller
JRE flavor of Java 1.6. If the user already has the JDK version of Java 1.6 installed, this will work
just fine. You can obtain the JDK flavor of Java from
can install the
JRE flavor of java by going to
and clicking on the Free Java Download button.
There is no charge for any version or flavor of Java.