Unzipping the pluginΒΆ

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 Fig. 2.

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

Fig. 2 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 Fig. 3. Before you launch Sunflower, these 2 items should be copied to another location on your Mac.

Content of **Sunflower** DMG

Fig. 3 Content of Sunflower DMG