Installation
Submitted by Hang Chang on Tue, 06/28/2016 - 12:34
- Download the BioQuant virtual machine image (*.ova) from its project page;
- Download the VMware player from its offical site;
- Open the BioQuant virtual machine image (*.ova) in VMware player, and then power on the VM when the import is complete (right click the virtual machine image listed on the left, then select the Power On option) ;
- Log into the operating system hosted by the virtual machine image (i.e., CentOS) with:
- username: guest
- password: APC2200
- Invoke BioQuant:
- Right click on the desktop of the hosted operating system;
- Left click on the popup menu item: Open Terminal;
- In the terminal, enter the command: BioQuant, and then press enter key on the keyboard;
- With all steps above, BioQuant will be invoked for further deployment.
Tips: with the virtual machine image powered on, there are two operating systems available as follows,
- the original operating system (e.g., windows, OS X); and
- the hosted operating system (i.e., CentOS)
and the focus of keyboard and mouse pointer can be switched between these two operating systems as follows,
- Double click the desktop of hosted operating system (i.e., CentOS) - change the focus to the hosted operating system; and,
- Press Ctrl+Alt (simutaneously press the Ctrl key and Alt key on the keyboard) - return the focus to the orignial operating system.