Launching the application

The application can be downloaded from the Artenum Software Forge website.

Currently, the application can be used on most 64bits Linux platforms, Microsoft Windows-7-8-10 64bits and MacOS 10.10.5 and higher with INTEL chips (M1/M2/…​ chips not handled currently).

Once downloaded, the zip file containing the application has to be extracted on the machine where it will be used on to ensure that the software is executable.

On Windows systems, the native unzipping method may encounter issues when unzipping the application. You may want to use third-party application to avoid issues. The unzip has been successfully tested with the 7Zip application.

Linux

Depending on your precise Linux distribution, double-clicking on the ./Archethno.sh file may launch the application correctly. Newer GNOME distribution may offer the possibility to execute via an option in the right-click context menu.

To start the application, it is also possible to open a terminal and just execute ./Archethno.sh in the application directory.

MacOS

To start the application, there are two possibilities:

  • Use the Terminal application: go to the application folder and execute the Archethno.sh file.

  • Launch without terminal:

    • right-click on the Archethno.sh file and select "Open with" and then "Others…​"

    • in the window, in the lower part, in "Activate", select "All the applications" and check the "Always open with" checkbox

    • select the "Terminal" application (usually found in the "Utility" folder)

    • the system may show a warning that the developper could not be identified, select the "Open" button

On newer macOS systems, the system anti-malware security may block the launching of the application. In this case, please follow these instructions for the first launch of the application:

  • Before trying to launch the application, please deactivate temporarily the anti-malware

    • Open the "Terminal" application

    • Enter the following command sudo spctl --master-disable

    • Your password is requested (beware the entered characters are hidden as a security measure)

  • Now follow the instructions above to launch the application

  • Then, re-activate the anti-malware protection:

    • In the terminal window, type the command sudo spctl --master-enable

    • Your password may be requested again

It also may be necessary to authorise the execution of the java executable used by the application for the system to authorise the start of the application. To do so, please follow these instructions for the first launch of the application:

  • Open the folder of the application

  • Go to dependencies/thirdparty/jre-17/bin

  • Right-click on the java executable and select Open (using the right-click action is important, double-clicking on it may not produce the expected result)

  • The system will ask confirmation to open Java executable, confirm the action

  • Nothing will happen and it is normal, you can now proceed to starting the application as normal

Windows

Double-clinking on the Archethno.bat will launch the application.

You can also open a command invite, go to the application folder and type Archethno.bat.