Installing JMOL
¶
Warning
JMOL
requires JAVA
(installation instructions)
We use the protein structure viewer JMOL in the course. This can be installed following the instructions on the JMOL website.
Download JMOL¶
JMOL is provided as a single JAVA
application for all operating systems. To download it,
click on the link below.
JMOL
latest version
Clicking on the link above should download a .zip
or .tar.gz
file, which can be extracted,
producing a directory containing the JMOL
application.
Running JMOL
¶
To start JMOL
, open the parent directory in your file explorer (e.g. Finder
on macOS), and
double-click on the jmol.jar
file.
Note
On macOS you may not be permitted to run this executable, as the program is not signed. If this is
the case, open System Preferences -> Security & Privacy
and click on the General
tab. In
the lower section of the window, you should see an option to trust the file jmol.jar
. Accept
this offer. As soon as you do this, JMOL
should start.
Alternatively, you can start JMOL
from the command-line. Navigate to the directory containing
jmol.jar
and issue the following command:
java -jar jmol.jar
The splash screen should appear, and the application should start.