Installing MarvinMarvin is not developed by SRI International, and is not included in the Pathway Tools distribution. Marvin must be obtained from ChemAxon and then installed. Obtaining and using Marvin is free of charge for most types of users, although it is a commercial product. Marvin is updated continuously, and new versions become available routinely. The ChemAxon web site does offer the older versions, so if the most recent version proves incompatible, download an older version. Version 5.3.02 is known to work with Pathway Tools 14.0.DownloadingDownload Marvin from the ChemAxon web site (http://www.chemaxon.com/marvin/). Note that Marvin is offered in several different packages. The package that is needed for Pathway Tools integration is called "Marvin Applets", under the "For Web Developers" section. It can be downloaded from http://www.chemaxon.com/download/marvin/for-web-developers/
This Marvin package is available in both Installation in UNIX or Mac OS XOn UNIX platforms, uncompress the file that you downloaded using the commandunzip marvin-bin-5_3_02.zipor tar zxvf marvin-bin-5_3_02.tar.gzNext, define a shell environment variable called MARVIN_PATH and set
it to the path of the directory containing jmarvin.jar file. It is best to do this in one
of the user's shell init scripts such as .cshrc or .login . For
example, in csh syntax:
setenv MARVIN_PATH /example/of/full/marvin/pathFor Mac OS X, you have bash as your default shell, so you'd want to add the following to your .bashrc file: export MARVIN_PATH=/example/of/full/marvin/path Installation in MS WindowsUnzip the file you downloaded into a newly created local directory (e.g.,C:\Program Files\ChemAxon\Marvin ).
Next, you need to create an environment variable called
Under "System Variables" click the "New" button and type
Java Applet SecurityWhen editing a compound in Pathway Tools through Marvin, a temporary Web server is started inside Pathway Tools, locally, and the Web browser will be invoked to bring up a page containing the Marvin applet. When this is done for the first time, it can happen that security features of the operating system will popup a warning dialog, as seen in the Figure below.
It is important to not block the JMSketch applet, because otherwise, Marvin can not run. So it is important to click "No" in the dialog shown above, which is not the default choice of the dialog. It is quite difficult to reverse the decision, if "Yes" was accidentally chosen, because Marvin will thereafter simply be blocked always, without any further notice or possibility for accepting the applet. |
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