Starting GenomeView

Webstart

The most straightforward way to start GenomeView is by Java Webstart.

<a href="http://genomeview.org/start/launch.jnlp"><img style="border:none;" src="/webstart.gif" alt="Launch" /></a> Clicking the above button will immediately launch the application.

Local installation

Download the latest version from http://sourceforge.net/projects/genomeview/

Unpack the zip file to a directory and start the genomeview.jar file. You can start this file either by double clicking the jar file or by issuing the following instruction at the command line.

java -Xmx1g -jar genomeview.jar

System requirements

Recommended system specs:

• 2 Gb of memory, minimum is 1 Gb
• dual-core or better processor, but GenomeView will work with less.
• To browse online data, it's recommended to have a high-speed, low-latency connection
• Recent version of Windows, *nix or Mac OS
• Recent version of Java 6 or 7, minimum is Java 1.6u10+. You can get a recent version from http://www.java.com.

Supported platforms