Ptolemy II 8.0.1

Ptolemy II 8.0.1 Web Edition Download

Note:
This is not the most recent version of Ptolemy II. The most recent version can be found at
http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/ptolemyII/ptIIlatest/.

 

This download of Ptolemy II uses a web launching tool called Web Start that makes installation and updates particularly simple.

Quick Start

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Installation Details

Below are more detailed instructions.

Web Start is a product from Sun that is used to download the Ptolemy II 8.0.1 Web Edition.

Sun's Java Web Start is included in version 1.5 or later of Sun's Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK).

In other words, If you have Java 1.5 or later installed, then Web Start is already installed!

  1. This web page attempts to detect whether Web Start is already installed. If the Quick Start section above has an orange button that says "Launch", then click it to lauch the Ptolemy II Web Start version. If Java can't be found, then download and Install Java from Oracle (15.2Mb) and then
    Install Ptolemy II 8.0.1 Web Edition (~62Mb)

    For example, under Opera 6.01 under Windows 2000, click on the Ptolemy II 8.0.1 Web Edition (~62Mb) link and select open. If Java Web Start has been installed, then it should start up automatically.
  2. The download is roughly 62Mb 14Mb of the application download is consumed by the HTML documentation of the Ptolemy II Java classes.
  3. After the download completes, you will be prompted with a window that states that the certificate from University of California Berkeley is valid. You should hit the Start button to proceed with start up.
Note that individual demos are available as Web Start applications, see the web copy. However, the individual Web Start demos are primarily for viewing the models, they do not include the full editor.

Places to go

  • For more information about installation, see the Web Start Help page.
  • The "Using Vergil" chapter from the Ptolemy II Design Document
  • Limitations
  • This page covers installing Ptolemy II via Web Start

    Other formats include:

  • Accessing Ptolemy II demonstration applets via the web
  • Installing Ptolemy II via a traditional Windows Installer
  • Installing Ptolemy II by downloading source and recompiling