Author: buildbot
Date: Wed Jul 13 20:59:42 2016
New Revision: 992712
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Staging update by buildbot for taverna
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<div class="alert alert-info" role="alert"><p><span class="glyphicon
glyphicon-info-sign" aria-hidden="true"></span>
-Taverna is transitioning to the Apache Incubator.
-Currently there is no Apache approved distribution.
+Taverna is transitioning to the Apache Incubator.
+Currently there is no Apache-approved distribution.
</div>
<h2 id="operating-system">Operating system<a class="headerlink"
href="#operating-system" title="Permanent link">¶</a></h2>
-<p>Taverna <a href="/download/workbench">Workbench</a> and <a
href="/download/commandline">Command Line</a>
- are available either in platform-specific or platform-neutral distributions.
-We generally recommend the platform-specific distributions as they include any
required
+<p>Taverna <a href="/download/workbench">Workbench</a> and <a
href="/download/commandline">Command Line</a>
+ are available either in platform-specific or platform-neutral distributions.
+We generally <strong>recommend</strong> the platform-specific distributions as
they include any required
third-party software.</p>
-<p>Platform-specific distributions are available for <small>(and tested
on)</small>:</p>
+<p><strong>Platform-specific</strong> distributions are available for
<small>(and tested on)</small>:</p>
<ul>
<li>Windows 64-bit (.exe installer) <small>(7, 8, 8.1)</small></li>
<li>Windows 32-bit (.exe installer) <small>(7)</small></li>
@@ -203,72 +203,71 @@ We generally recommend the platform-spec
<li>Linux 64-bit Debian-based (.deb package) <small>(Ubuntu 12.04.4, Bio-Linux
7)</small></li>
<li>Linux 64-bit Redhat-based (.rpm package) <small>(Fedora 20)</small></li>
</ul>
-<p>Platform-neutral distributions are available as:</p>
+<p><strong>Platform-neutral</strong> distributions are available as:</p>
<ul>
<li>Zip file</li>
</ul>
<p>The platform-neutral distribution has <a href="#standalone">additional
system requirements</a>.</p>
-<h2 id="linux-libgnome">Linux: libgnome<a class="headerlink"
href="#linux-libgnome" title="Permanent link">¶</a></h2>
-<p>If you want to use the
- <a
href="http://dev.mygrid.org.uk/wiki/display/taverna/Interaction+service";>Interaction
service</a>
+<h3 id="linux-libgnome">Linux: libgnome<a class="headerlink"
href="#linux-libgnome" title="Permanent link">¶</a></h3>
+<p>If you want to use the
+ <a
href="http://dev.mygrid.org.uk/wiki/display/taverna/Interaction+service";>Interaction
service</a>
from Taverna, for some versions of Linux it may be necessary to install the
<strong>libgnome-2.0</strong>
- package or equivalent.
-This library is required to allows Taverna to open pages in your preferred Web
browser and
+ package or equivalent.
+This library allows Taverna to open pages in your preferred Web browser and
connect to the interactive service being called from the workflow.</p>
<h2 id="memory">Memory<a class="headerlink" href="#memory" title="Permanent
link">¶</a></h2>
-<p>It is a good idea for your machine to have at least 2GB of RAM.
+<p>It is a good idea for your machine to have <strong>at least 2GB of
RAM.</strong>
Taverna will run with less memory than that, but its performance may be
affected.</p>
-<p>The Taverna Workbench installations for 64-bit operating systems will use
by default up to
-1 GB of working memory, plus up to 400 MB used by the Java runtime;
-while installations for 32-bit operating systems and platform-independent
installations will
+<p>The Taverna Workbench installations for 64-bit operating systems will use
by default up to
+1 GB of working memory, plus up to 400 MB used by the Java runtime.
+Installations for 32-bit operating systems and platform-independent
installations will
use up to 700 MB of working memory, plus up to 200 MB used by Java runtime.</p>
-<blockquote>
-<p>If Taverna happens to run out of memory while running a workflow with
-large data or large number of data, you can set Taverna to store data
-in a database by going to <strong>Preferences -> Data and
Provenance</strong> and
-removing the tick for <strong>âIn-memory storageâ</strong>.
-This will reduce execution speed slightly, but should consume less memory.
-Also remember to remove any old runs you are no longer interested in.
-<a
href="http://www.mygrid.org.uk/dev/wiki/display/taverna/Data+and+provenance+preferences";>User
guide: Data and provenance preferences</a>
-has more details on the data settings in Taverna.</p>
-</blockquote>
-<p>If you need to increase the available memory, for Windows and Linux edit
the
- <em>taverna.vmoptions</em> (and <em>executeworkflow.vmoptions</em>) file
inside Taverna's installation
- directory (which might require administrator privileges).
-You can then replace <em>-Xmx700m</em> or <em>-Xmx1g</em> with say
<em>-Xmx1500m</em> to use 1.5 GB.
-For OS X, you would need to modify the <em>Info.plist</em> file
- (right click on Taverna application in Finder and select <strong>Show
Package Content</strong>
- and go inside the application bundle to find <em>Contents/Info.plist</em>)
and change the same
- parameter under JavaVM using the <em>Property List Editor</em>.
-For platform-neutral Taverna installations not using <em><em>.vmoptions</em>
you may instead have to
- modify the </em>taverna.sh/taverna.bat<em> (Windows) and
</em>executeworkflow.bat/executeworkflow.sh*.</p>
+<h3 id="reduce-memory-usage">Reduce memory usage<a class="headerlink"
href="#reduce-memory-usage" title="Permanent link">¶</a></h3>
+<p>If Taverna runs out of memory while running a workflow with
+ large data or large amounts of data, you can set Taverna to store data
+ in a database by going to <strong>Preferences -> Data and
Provenance</strong> and
+ removing the tick for <strong>âIn-memory storage.â</strong>
+ Using a database will slightly reduce execution speed, but should consume
less memory.
+ Also remember to remove any old runs you are no longer interested in.</p>
+<p><a
href="http://www.mygrid.org.uk/dev/wiki/display/taverna/Data+and+provenance+preferences";>User
guide: Data and provenance preferences</a>
+ has more details on the data settings in Taverna.</p>
+<h3 id="increase-available-memory">Increase available memory<a
class="headerlink" href="#increase-available-memory" title="Permanent
link">¶</a></h3>
+<p>If you need to increase the available memory, for <strong>Windows and
Linux</strong>, edit the
+ <em>taverna.vmoptions</em> (and <em>executeworkflow.vmoptions</em>) file
inside Taverna's installation
+ directory (which might require administrator privileges).
+You can then replace <em>-Xmx700m</em> or <em>-Xmx1g</em> with (for example)
<em>-Xmx1500m</em> to use 1.5 GB.</p>
+<p>For <strong>OS X</strong>, you would need to modify the <em>Info.plist</em>
file and change the same
+ parameter under JavaVM using the <em>Property List Editor</em>.
+ (To modify <em>Info.plist</em>, right-click on Taverna application in
Finder and select <em>Show Package Content</em>.
+ Then, open the application bundle to find <em>Contents/Info.plist</em>) </p>
+<p>For <strong>platform-neutral</strong> Taverna installations not using
<em>.vmoptions</em>, you may instead have to
+ modify the <em>taverna.sh/taverna.bat</em> (Windows) and
<em>executeworkflow.bat/executeworkflow.sh</em> files.</p>
<p><a
href="http://dev.mygrid.org.uk/wiki/display/taverna/Memory+allocation";>User
guide: Memory allocation</a>
has more details on configuring memory allocation.</p>
<p><a name=standalone></a></p>
<h2 id="taverna-standalone-requirements">Taverna Standalone requirements<a
class="headerlink" href="#taverna-standalone-requirements" title="Permanent
link">¶</a></h2>
-<p>Java and Graphviz are included in the platform specific downloads but not
in the zip downloads.</p>
+<p>Java and Graphviz are included in the platform-specific downloads but not
in the zip downloads.</p>
<h3 id="java">Java<a class="headerlink" href="#java" title="Permanent
link">¶</a></h3>
-<p>If you download a platform-neutral Taverna installation, you will need to
install Java 7 or
+<p>If you download a platform-neutral Taverna installation, you will need to
install Java 7 or
higher.</p>
-<p>For Oracle's Java 7 you would have also have to install the
+<p>For Oracle's Java 7, you will also need to install the
<a
href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jce-7-download-432124.html";>Java
Cryptography Extension</a>
separately.</p>
-<p>For <a href="http://openjdk.java.net/";>OpenJDK 7</a>, you do not need to
install the Java Cryptography
- Extension as it is already included.
- On Linux, <em>apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk</em> or equivalent is usually
sufficient.</p>
+<p>For <a href="http://openjdk.java.net/";>OpenJDK 7</a>, the Java Cryptography
Extension is already included.
+ On Linux, <em>apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk</em>, or equivalent, is usually
sufficient.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Taverna 2.5 has not been tested with Java 8.</p>
-<p>On newer versions of <strong>Mac OS X</strong>, Taverna Workbench might
need the
+<p>On newer versions of <strong>Mac OS X</strong>, Taverna Workbench might
need the
<a href="http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/";>XQuarts</a> shared X11
libraries to be installed.</p>
</blockquote>
<h3 id="graphviz">GraphViz<a class="headerlink" href="#graphviz"
title="Permanent link">¶</a></h3>
-<p>If you download the platform-neutral Taverna Workbench installation,
- it includes binaries of the Graphviz tool,
- which is used for generating workflow diagrams in Taverna.
-Binaries are included for OS X, Linux x86/x64 and Windows within the
<em>bin</em> folder.</p>
-<p>In most cases Taverna should be able to pick up the location of the
Graphviz binary <em>dot</em>
- from the download after you have installed it.
-If this is not the case, see
+<p>If you download the platform-neutral Taverna Workbench installation,
+ it includes binaries of the Graphviz tool,
+ which is used for <strong>generating workflow diagrams</strong> in Taverna.
+Binaries are included in the <em>bin</em> folder for OS X, Linux x86/x64, and
Windows.</p>
+<p>In most cases Taverna should be able to pick up the location of the
Graphviz binary <em>dot</em>
+ from the download after you have installed it.
+If this is not the case, see
<a
href="http://www.mygrid.org.uk/dev/wiki/display/taverna/Workbench+preferences";>User
guide: Workbench preferences</a>
on how to configure the location of <em>dot</em> executable in Taverna
Workbench.</p></div>
