Run VP Suite Products on AMD64 machine (Linux)

This article will take about how to run VP Suite’s products on the AMD64 machine under Linux Platform.

1. Download the VP Suite no-install file from:
   http://www.visual-paradigm.com/downloads/vpsuite/VP_Suite_Linux_NoInstall.tar.gz
   
2. Extract the downloaded file to the home directory by
   tar -zxvf VP_Suite_Linux_NoInstall_2_1_20051125.tar.gz -C ~
   
   
   

1. We assume that you have already install the Linux AMD64 Platform JRE 5.0, if you haven’t install it, please download and install it from: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp
   
2. Go to the VP Suite installed directory.
   
   
   
3. Rename the jre directory to jre_original by mv jre jre_original.
   
   
   
4. Copy the AMD64 JRE to the VP Suite installed directory by cp -r %AMD_JRE_DIR% .
   
   
   
5. Rename the AMD64 JRE to jre by mv %AMD_JRE_DIR% jre
   
   
   

1. Add the execute permission to %VP_SUITE_DIR%/bin/VP_Suite by
   chmod 755 ~/VP_Suite\ 2.1/bin/VP_Suite.
   
   
   
2. Execute %VP_SUITE_DIR%/bin/VP_Suite.
   
   
   
3. Click the VP Suite’s product(s) you wanted to install and click Next.
   
   
   
4. Select the edition of the selected project(s) and click Next.
   
   
   
5. Input the location of your license key file (optional) and click Next.
6. Click Finish.
   
   
   

Now you can run VP Suite’s products with the AMD64 JRE by executing the launcher which located at ~\VP_Suite 2.1\launcher.