Running QuakeExplorer

To run QuakeExplorer, you must have Java SDK 2 or JRE 2 or higher installed:
You can check for the presence and version of Java on your system with the command:

    java -version

If you do not have Java SDK/JDK (Java Software Development Kit) or JRE (Java Runtime Environment) 2 or higher available on your system, you can download Java from Sun (http://java.sun.com/j2se/) for LINUX, Solaris and Windows.  For other operating systems see Sun's Java(TM) Platform Ports page (http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/ports.html). 

Internet access is required for QuakeExplorer databases and SeedLink servers which reside on the Internet, and for QuakeExplorer databases which contain links to trace data on the Internet.

Invoking QuakeExplorer

QuakeExplorer can be invoked from the command line, or with a script, batch or shortcut file.

Syntax:

[javaPath]java -cp classDirectory net.alomax.quakeexplorer.QuakeExplorer [-version] [[-parameter=value]...] [databaseURL]

where:
 
javaPath is an optional path to the Java executable, it is required if the Java executables are not on your program search path,
 
classDirectory is the path to the directory containing the QuakeExplorer Java classes (i.e. QuakeExplorer_installation_directory/QuakeExplorer.jar, or my_java_directory, if you unpacked the QuakeExplorer.jar file into my_java_directory.)
 
-version prints the QuakeExplorer version and exits,
 
-parameter=value are optional QuakeExplorer program parameter-value argument pairs (see Program Arguments),
 
databaseURL is an optional Uniform Resouce Locator (web address or local directory name) for the base directory of a QuakeExplorer database or the inet adress of a SeedLink server in the form seedlink://host:port (If databaseURL is not specified, QuakeExplorer will attempt to load the default QuakeExplorer database at http://www.alomax.net/QuakeExplorer/defaultbase)