Halimede Application

System Requirements

The following are the system requirements for using Halimede:

Operating System	Minimum Version
Microsoft Windows	Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or 10 64bit*
Apple OS X / macOS	OS X 10.10 or newer
GNU/Linux	Ubuntu 16.04LTS or newer
	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 or newer
	Debian 9 or newer
	Arch Linux

* Note: 32bit OSes are not supported.

Minimum hardware requirements:

1GHz x86 64bit CPU
4GB RAM
100MB free HDD space

All systems:

Oracle Java 11+ or
OpenJDK 11+

Download

Halimede can be downloaded from Sourceforge

Installation

Microsoft Windows

Download and run the MSI based installer. Halimede will be available from the start menu.

Apple OS X / macOS

Download and run the PKG installer. Halimede will be available from Applications.

GNU/Linux

Download the *.tar.gz file, and extract to /opt/halimede. Copy the *.desktop file to /usr/local/share/applications. Halimede should now be available from your DE application menu.

Portable Installation

Halimede once installed, can be converted into a Portable Installation.

Note: This is an advanced configuration option. We make NO guarantees about the following instructions and are provided as best effort. Always TEST and CONFIRM your portable installation before using it in the field.

Note: Portable Installations do not work on Apple OS X or macOS based installations. This is due to App Translocation. (There are hacks around App Translocation, but none are supported).

To convert Halimede to a Portable Installation, perform the following steps:

Format a new USB Key or External HDD with at least 8GB of available space.
Copy the entire contents of the C:\Program Files\Halimede folder to a new Folder on the USB Key/External HDD.
On the USB Key/External HDD, open halimede.ini in a text editor and modify the -data= and -Dosgi.configuration.area= values to define locations on the USB key. (Hint: Don’t use Drive Letters to define the path, relative paths should work fine).
Create a folder called jre in the Folder which Halimede resides in on the USB/External HDD.
Copy our preferred JRE installation into the jre folder created in the previous step.
Test the Portable Installation on a machine to ensure that the preference files, logging files and any temporary files are written to the location defined on the USB key/External HDD.