Dr. Neau's Tournament Manager Installation Instructions
Step 1: Download and unzip the ZIP file from drneau.com
This will create a directory called "DrNTM" with everything
under it.
Step 2: If needed for your platform, download and install Sun Java Runtime Environment 1.5 or higher
Windows and Linux/UNIX users
Windows and Linux/UNIX users can find it here
if you don't already have it.
Follow the platform-specific instructions for installing it on your system.
Make sure you set your PATH environment variable to include the "java"
executable...otherwise TournamentManager won't work. The J2SE installation instructions provide good steps for how to do this.
Mac OS X users
Mac OS X users can find it on Apple's website if they don't have it installed
as part of their operating system (make sure you get 1.5 or higher).
Step 3: Execute the appropriate file for your platform
Once everything is installed there are two ways you can run Dr. Neau's Tournament
Manager.
As a double-clickable JAR file - the coolest and easiest way
Windows users
Try double-clicking the JAR file "DrNTM.jar" in
unzipped directory. This will most likely result in
one of the following outcomes:
- You are able to get to the application's startup dialog. That
means everything is installed fine.
- Tournament Manager starts up but appears to disappear before you see the
tournament parameters screen. This means that Windows is using the wrong
Java runtime to execute Tournament Manager. To get around this, do the
following:
- Right click on the JAR file and select "Open
With..."->"Choose Program"
- Browse to the "javaw.exe" executable located under the
"bin" directory of the Java runtime environment you downloaded
in step 2.
- Make sure to select "always use the selected program to open this
type of file"
- Windows asks you what program to use to execute this. Follow the steps
above to associate "javaw.exe" to JAR files.
Macintosh users
Try double-click the JAR file. Tournament Manager should start up, assuming
everything is installed correctly.
Via the supplied startup scripts
Make sure your PATH environment variable includes the Sun Java
"bin" directory.
In the unzipped directory, you'll find the appropriate
executable for your platform:
- For Microsoft Windows, run "DrNTM.bat"
- For Linux/UNIX, run "DrNTM.sh"
- For Mac OS X, use the double-clickable JAR file (above)
Troubleshooting
If it doesn't work, contact me and
I'll see if I can help.