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Installing JSim under Mac OS X:

  1. Availablity: JSim (version 1.6.66 and above) runs on both older PowerPC Macs and the newer Intel-based Macs. They use the same (universal) distribution files.
  2. Download a copy of the latest public release ( 1.6.81 ) or latest beta release ( 1.6.83 ) of the JSim zip archive for Macintosh.
  3. You should find a folder called JSim_macos on your desktop.
  4. To run JSim, open the JSim_macos folder and double-click on the JSim application icon.

    You may rename the JSim_macos folder and/or move it to another location, such as the Applications folder or the Applications folder within your Home folder. You may also create an alias for the JSim application. However, do not move the application out of the JSim_macos folder. The JSim application functions only if it is kept within this folder. Also, do not rename any of the folders within the JSim-Mac folder.

    If you do not find the JSim_macos folder on your desktop, check the configuration of your browser. If you use Safari , you can find where downloaded files are saved by choosing Preferences from the Safari menu and clicking General. The Open "safe" files after downloading box has to be checked. If it is not, you should find a file named JSim_macos.zip; double-click on its icon to create the JSim_macos file.

  5. See advanced administration for additional information, as needed.

For the more advanced administrator:

If you are familiar with Unix, you can run JSim from within a terminal window. In the sub-directory JSim_macos/macos/bin there are two executable shell scripts:

You should either add this sub-directory to your PATH or copy jsim and jsbatch to a path-searchable directory on your system. You must also set the environment variable JSIMHOME to the absolute path of JSim_macos before starting either program. Consult a Unix totorial and the csh man page to learn how to set environment variables.

[This page was last modified 04Mar08, 3:27 pm.]

Model development and archiving support at physiome.org provided by the following grants: NIH/NHLBI T15 HL88516-01 Modeling for Heart, Lung and Blood: From Cell to Organ, 4/1/07-3/31/11; NSF BES-0506477 Adaptive Multi-Scale Model Simulation, 8/15/05-7/31/08; NIH/NHLBI R01 HL073598 Core 3: 3D Imaging and Computer Modeling of the Respiratory Tract, 9/1/04-8/31/09; as well as prior support from NIH/NCRR P41 RR01243 Simulation Resource in Circulatory Mass Transport and Exchange, 12/1/1980-11/30/01 and NIH/NIBIB R01 EB001973 JSim: A Simulation Analysis Platform, 3/1/02-2/28/07.