Step-by-step installation instructions for the Kangas Sound Editor version 3.1.0

Here are the steps for installing the Kangas Sound Editor version 3.1.0. If you get stuck on any of the steps, you can use the installer help forum to get help. The Kangas Sound Editor requires an external database engine (MySQL) to be downloaded, installed and configured. If you are not keen on doing this, you may wish to consider downloading and installing the Kangas Sound Editor QI instead, which uses an internal database engine (HSQLDB).

  1. You need to have Java SE 6 (Java Standard Edition 6) on your computer in order to run the Kangas Sound Editor. Where to get it from depends on your computer's operating system:

    • Windows Click here
    • Mac OS X If you are running Snow Leopard, the chances are you already have Java SE 6 on your computer. If not, then you can use the Software update feature (available on the Apple menu) to try and update to Java SE 6. If it isn't available as an update, then the chances are that your Mac OS X system doesn't support it. This could be due to the operating system you are running not being up-to-date enough, or not having the right kind of CPU - from what I can make out, Java SE 6 is available for 64 bit intel-based Macs from Mac OS X 10.5.2, and for 32 or 64 bit intel-based Macs from Mac OS X v10.6.3.
    • Ubuntu From the Ubuntu Software Centre, enter "Java 6" in the search box. then select and install "OpenJDK Java 6 Runtime" from the list that results. This seems to work better than the Sun Java 6 Runtime, especially for the installer itself.
    • Other Linux distros Try googling «Your Linux distro» "java 6", to find advice for installing Java 6 on the distribution of Linux you are running. A link to Java on Linux downloads that may prove useful for you is here.
  2. If you haven't already done so, download the Kangas Sound Editor installation program. This can be done from one of the download links under Software or Download the Kangas Sound Editor from external sites on the Kangas Sound Editor download page.
  3. If you are downloading the Kangas Sound Editor installation program as a .jar file, you may find it is renamed by your browser on download to have an extension of .zip. If this does occur, you will need to rename it back to have a .jar extension.
  4. Start the Kangas Sound Editor installation program by (double) clicking on it. If you are using Ubuntu, right-click on the installation .jar file in Nautilus, and then select "Open with OpenJDK Java 6 Runtime". For Linux from the command line, try:

    1. cd «download directory»
    2. java -jar kangas-sound-editor-install-3.1.0.jar
  5. Go through the installer wizard, reading the instructions carefully at each stage. During this wizard, you will be prompted to install MySQL Community Server if you haven't already done so, and you will be given some guidance on doing this. You will eventually reach a page which summarises your choices; pressing the Next button will commence the actual installation.
  6. Towards the end of the installer wizard, the opportunity to create desktop shortcuts is given on Windows and Linux. This only works to a degree on Linux - for instance on Ubuntu, a desktop shortcut is created when using the Gnome desktop, but unfortunately not with the proper icon (however, the menu item does). On Mac OS X, an application bundle is created.
  7. Start the Kangas Sound Editor by clicking on it's icon.
  8. Select the Graph->Create menu option. Now click on the search button next to the 'Base on graph:' field. In the "Find Graph" dialog that results, press the "Go" button. If a number of graphs appear without errors, it is likely that installation has been successful. Well done Sport!

Home