Install Oxygen XML Editor on Windows

You can install Oxygen XML Editor on Windows using one of the following methods:

• Install using the Windows installer.
• Install using the Windows installer in unattended mode.
• Install using the All Platforms installer. Choose the all platforms installer if you have trouble installing using the Windows installer.

System requirements for a Windows install:

Operating systems

Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012

CPU

• Minimum - Intel Pentium III™/AMD Athlon™ class processor, 1 GHz
• Recommended - Dual Core class processor

Memory

• Minimum - 2 GB of RAM
• Recommended - 4 GB of RAM

Storage

• Minimum - 400 MB free disk space
• Recommended - 1 GB free disk space

Java

Oxygen XML Editor requires Java. If you use the native Windows installer, Oxygen XML Editor will be installed with its own copy of Java. If you use the all platforms installer, your system must have a compatible Java virtual machine installed.

Oxygen XML Editor supports only official and stable Java Virtual Machines with the version number 1.6.0 or later (the recommended version is 1.7) from Oracle available at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html. Oxygen XML Editor may work with JVM implementations from other vendors, but there is no guarantee that those implementations will work with future Oxygen XML Editor updates and releases.

Oxygen XML Editor uses the following rules to determine which installed version of Java to use:

1. If you install using the native Windows installer, which installs a version of Java as part of the Oxygen XML Editor installation, the version in the jre subdirectory of the installation directory is used.
2. Otherwise, if the Windows environment variable JAVA_HOME is set, Oxygen XML Editor uses the Java version pointed to by this variable.
3. Otherwise the version of Java pointed to by your PATH environment variable is used.

If you run Oxygen XML Editor using the batch file, oxygen.bat, you can edit the batch file to specify a particular version to use.

1. Make sure that your system meets the system requirements.
2. Download the Windows installer.
3. Validate the integrity of the downloaded file by checking it against the MD5 sum published on the download page.
4. Run the installer and follow the instructions in the installation program.
5. Start Oxygen XML Editor using one of the following methods:
   • Using one of the shortcuts created by the installer.
   • By running oxygen.bat, which is located in the install folder.
6. To license your copy of Oxygen XML Editor go to Help > Register... and enter your license information.

You can run the installation in unattended mode by running the installer from the command line with the -q parameter. By default, running the installer in unattended mode installs Oxygen XML Editor with the default options and does not overwrite existing files. You can change many options for the unattended installer using the installer command line parameters.

1. Download the all platforms installation package (oxygen.tar.gz ) to a folder of your choice.
2. Extract the archive in that folder.
   Oxygen XML Editor is now installed in a new sub-folder called oxygen.
3. If you wish, you can move the directory where you installed Oxygen XML Editor to your applications directory. You can also rename it to contain the product version information. For example you can rename it as oxygen17.0.
4. Start Oxygen XML Editor by running oxygen.bat, which is located in the install directory.
5. To license your copy of Oxygen XML Editor go to Help > Register... and enter your license information.