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Addison Elliott edited this page Jul 25, 2017 · 4 revisions

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On the downloads page, find the newest released version of the program (the releases on the page are ordered from newest to oldest) and select the binaries for your OS.

The filenames follow a set structure as follows:

VisceralFatValidation-v[VERSION]-[TYPE]-[OS]_[ARCHx86/x64].EXT

where

  • VERSION - Version number of release
    • Four numbers separated by periods, e.g. 1.0.1.0
    • Numbers ordered from left to right are major, minor, patch, and build
  • TYPE - Specifying whether the binary is debug or release binaries. This option isn't too relevant and will not affect your experience with the application
    • Debug - Use if planning on working with developer to fix bugs. Logs additional information when running the application in case something goes wrong
    • Release
  • OS - Operating System that the binaries were compiled for. Valid Options:
    • Win - Windows
    • OSX - Mac OSX
  • ARCH - Which architecture is used for the binary. If unsure, do a google search on how to determine the architecture type of your processor for your OS.
    • x86 - 32-bit computers
    • x64 - 64-bit computers
  • EXT - File extension depends on the OS. DMG is for OSX and EXE is for Windows.

Installing on Windows (Installer)

  1. Download the Windows installer from the Releases page (file extension is EXE).
  2. Double-click the installer and follow the instructions.

Installing on Windows (Manually)

  1. Once you have ZIP file downloaded from the Releases page, extract the contents somewhere.
    • Note: Most applications folders are placed in either "Program Files" (for 64-bit) or "Program Files (x86)" (for 32-bit) of the primary drive. For example, C:/Program Files is where I would place the contents for a 64-bit program.
  2. Inside the folder you extracted, run vcredist_[ARCH].exe where ARCH is the architecture type of the processor (x86 or x64).
    • Note: It may be required to right-click the file and select "Run as Administrator"
  3. Finally, run VisceralFatValidation.exe located inside the extracted folder.
    • Note: For ease of use, you may want to create a shortcut to the executable if the folder is placed in an odd spot

Installing on Mac OSX

This process is similar to installing any other application outside of the App Store on Mac's

  1. Once you have the DMG file downloaded from the Releases page, double-click the file. This mounts the folder as a disk drive and should open the folder in Finder. Note: If the folder does not open, you can double-click the disk drive on your desktop
  2. From within the Finder, drag the "VisceralFatValidation" application to the Applications folder.
  3. Finally run the VisceralFatValidation program by navigating to the Applications folder and clicking the executable Note: One quick way of doing this is clicking the magnifying glass in the upper-right hand corner and typing in VisceralFatValidation. This should automatically find it in your applications folder.
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