Oracle (ex Sun) or Apple Java™[1] runtime 1.6 or above. Note that Oracle Java™ 1.7 is supported on the Mac.
At least 2Gb of memory and a 2GHz CPU.
200Mb of free disk space; 400Mb for the self-contained distribution which includes a private Java™ runtime.
XXE is officially supported on Windows XP/Vista/7/8, on Linux and on Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)/10.7 (Lion)/10.8 (Mountain Lion). It is possible to use it on other Java™ 1.6+ platforms (e.g. Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)), but without support from XMLmind.
Download one of the two setup.exe
files.
Normally you should choose xxe-
. However, if you have a Java™ 1.6+ runtime already installed on your machine, you may prefer edition
-version
-setup.exexxe-
.edition
-version
-setup-nojvm.exe
Double-click on the setup.exe
file to launch the installer.
Follow the instructions of the installer.
A Java™ runtime allowing to run XXE is installed by default in Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
As of Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion), you'll have to install Apple Java™ on your Mac. Normally, your Mac will automatically suggest to install Java™ the first time you'll attempt to run XXE. If this is not the case, you can download Java™ for Mac OS X from various sites on the Web, for example, from http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1572.
Download the .dmg
file.
The Web browser is supposed to automatically copy the contents of the .dmg
file — a folder called xxe-
— to the download directory and then to move the downloaded edition
-version
.dmg
file to the Trash.
Copy folder xxe-
anywhere you want. For example, drag&drop this folder to your desktop or to the edition
-version
/Applications
folder.
Start XMLmind XML Editor by double-clicking on the icon called XMLEditor found in the xxe-
folder you have just moved.edition
-version
You must copy folder xxe-
in its entirety. Copying the XMLEditor icon (that is, edition
-version
XMLEditor.app
) alone would not give you a fully functioning XXE.
If, for any reason, the automatic “unpacking” of the .dmg
file described above does not happen:
Download the .dmg
file.
Double-click on the corresponding icon to open a Finder window showing the contents of the downloaded .dmg
file. This Finder window contains a folder called xxe-
.edition
-version
Copy folder xxe-
anywhere you want. For example, drag&drop this folder to your desktop or to the edition
-version
/Applications
folder.
The downloaded .dmg
file is not needed anymore, so:
In the Finder window, click the Eject icon found at the right of the “device” called "XMLmind XML Editor".
Delete the downloaded .dmg
file by dragging it to the Trash.
Start XMLmind XML Editor by double-clicking on the icon called XMLEditor found in the xxe-
folder you have just copied.edition
-version
On the Mac, it is strongly recommended to download and install the .dmg
file.
Make sure that the Java™ bin/
directory is referenced in the $PATH and, at the same time, check that the Java™ runtime in the $PATH has the right version:
~$ java -version java version "1.7.0" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0-b147) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 21.0-b17, mixed mode)
Unpack the XXE distribution inside any directory you want:
$ cd $ tar zxvf xxe-eval-5_6_0.tar.gz $ ls xxe-eval-5_6_0 addon/ bin/ demo/ doc/ ...
XXE is intended to be used directly from the xxe-eval-5_6_0/
directory. That is, you can start XXE by simply executing:
$ xxe-eval-5_6_0/bin/xxe &
After that, you may want to add xxe-eval-5_6_0/bin/
to your $PATH.
On Windows, it is strongly recommended to download and install one of the two auto-installable setup.exe
files.
Make sure that you have a Java™ 1.6+ runtime installed on your machine. To check this, open a command window and type "java -version
" followed by Enter. You should get something looking like this:
C:\>java -version java version "1.7.0" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0-b147) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 21.0-b17, mixed mode, sharing)
Use a tool like WinZip, 7-Zip or Info-Zip [2] to unzip the XXE distribution inside any directory you want:
C:\> mkdir XMLmind C:\> cd XMLmind C:\XMLmind> unzip xxe-eval-5_6_0.zip C:\XMLmind> dir xxe-eval-5_6_0 ... <DIR> addon ... <DIR> bin ... <DIR> demo ... <DIR> doc ...
XXE is intended to be used directly from the xxe-eval-5_6_0/
directory. That is, you can start XXE by simply executing:
C:\XMLmind> xxe-eval-5_6_0\bin\xxe.exe
After that, you may want to add a shortcut to "C:\XMLmind\xxe-eval-5_6_0\bin\xxe.exe
" on your desktop.
Note that the bin
directory contains not only xxe.exe
, but also an equivalent xxe.bat
which may be handy if you intend to customize the way XXE is started.