WEASEL Installation: Preliminaries

Weasel installation is manual, so it requires some computer expertise. However it is not too tricky if you follow these tips:

Windows PC:

WEASEL should function on most flavours of Windows provided Java version 1.4.1 or later and QuickTime-for-Java are installed

• To check your installed Java version, launch an MSDOS command window and use "java -version".
• If a suitable Java version is not installed, obtain the latest J2SE from the Sun web site.
• Install QuickTime, obtainable from the Apple site, but explicitly include QuickTime for Java by selecting the "Custom Install" option.
• Download the appropriate Weasel package which will unpack to a folder named Weasel. This typically will be dragged to C:\Program Files\. However, if the Weasel folder is stored elsewhere, double-clicking the file Weasel.jar will launch the program. Weasel can also be launched by moving to the Weasel folder and using a command like: "java -Xmx256m -cp Weasel.jar Weasel" where "256m" indicates the allocation of 256MB memory to the program heap. More memory can be allocated if you have it available.
• If the folder is stored elsewhere than C:\Program Files\ but the included Weasel.bat file and its shortcut are still required to be used:
  • Edit Weasel.bat to include the actual path to the Weasel folder.
  • Right-click on the shortcut to change "Properties" to reflect the actual path to the Weasel folder.
• Note that upgrading your version of Java after QuickTime for Java is installed may disable QuickTime for Java. In that case, QuickTime for Java must be reinstalled.
• Note also that a lack of QuickTime for Java does not prevent operation of Weasel; it only precludes the recording and saving of movies.

Macintosh OS X:

Weasel v2.5 requires Mac OS X v10.3 or later because of its excellent support for Java1.4.2. Implementations prior to OS X v10.3 restrict Weasel to the use of Java version 1.3.1, thus disabling graphics copy and paste and file drag and drop and exhibiting graphics of inferior quality. The most recent Weasel version compatible with these older OS X systems is Weasel v2.2.3 which is still offered.

Choose the Weasel package appropriate to your operating system (see "About This Mac" on your computer). Note that a single license will be valid for both packages, so that both may be run on different computers or the Java1.3.1 version later upgraded.

Your Macintosh will need Stuffit Expander to unpack the archive. If your system does not have that application it can be obtained from the Stuffit Expander web site.

• Download the appropriate Weasel package which will unpack to a folder named Weasel. This typically will be dragged to the "Applications" folder but the program will function wherever it is.

Other Operating Systems:

Weasel is a Java program and should function on any system with Java v1.4.1 or later installed, including versions of unix. However, the movie making feature of Weasel requires QuickTime for Java which probably will not be available. If you have some familiarity with the operation of Java programs on your operating system, proceed as follows:

• Download the appropriate Weasel package which will unpack to a folder named Weasel. The file Weasel.jar can be launched directly by double-clicking or by changing directory to the Weasel folder and using a command like: "java -Xmx256m -cp Weasel.jar Weasel" where "256m" indicates the allocation of 256MB memory to the program heap. More memory can be allocated if you have it available.

Download:

If you are now ready, go to Weasel Download.

License:

Or, if you have tested and enjoyed Weasel, obtain a License Application. Note that with every license comes a free copy of WEHI's ACluE flow cytometry cluster analysis program.

29th May 2006: Given the identical programming for PC and for "other" operating systems and given the reduced functionality where QuickTime is not available, licenses for Windows PC and "Other" operating systems will be coalesced. Thus a single license code may be used for collections of both of those versions. Macintosh licenses remain separate.