.. _section-Unzipping the plugin:

Unzipping the plugin
====================

**Sunflower** is distributed in binary form, as a zipped archive.

As an Eclipse plugin, Sunflower is compatible with Mac OS Yosemite, Linux and Windows. It can run on 32-bit or 64-bit hardware. The Sunflower binary comes precompiled in the following flavors:

-  sunflower-studio-ce-linux.gtk.x86.zip

-  sunflower-studio-ce-linux.gtk.x86\_64.zip

-  sunflower-studio-ce-macosx.cocoa.x86.zip

-  sunflower-studio-ce-macosx.cocoa.x86\_64.zip

-  sunflower-studio-ce-win32.win32.x86.zip

-  sunflower-studio-ce-win32.win32.x86\_64.zip

The first step in **Sunflower** installation is to unzip the appropriate archive for your hardware platform.

In Windows, after unzipping the chosen archive, a folder named **sunflower-studio-ce** will be created with the content of the main application, all support software packages, this manual, and sample ontologies, as shown in :numref:`figure-Installation-after-unzip.png`.

.. _figure-Installation-after-unzip.png:

.. figure:: ../figs/Installation-after-unzip.png
   :alt: Folder content of **sunflower-studio-ce** after unzipping Windows archive

   Folder content of **sunflower-studio-ce** after unzipping Windows archive


In Mac, after unzipping, you will find a disk image file or DMG where all **Sunflower** software is bundled together.  Double click the DMG to reveal 2 items: **Sunflower** executable and a doc folder, as shown in :numref:`figure-Installation-after-unzip-Mac.png`.  Before you launch **Sunflower**, these 2 items should be copied to another location on your Mac.

.. _figure-Installation-after-unzip-Mac.png:

.. figure:: ../figs/Installation-after-unzip-Mac.png
   :alt: Content of **Sunflower** DMG

   Content of **Sunflower** DMG