ThinkingRock (Version 1.2.3)

ThinkingRock is a pure Java application and should run on any platform where there is a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.5 or later. It has been tested on Linux (Fedora 4), Mac OS X (10.4.7) and Windows (XP).

Linux Upgrade

Backup your data file. The data file is normally named thinking-rock.xml in your user home folder.

Then follow the Installation instructions.

Linux Installation

  1. If you do not have a recent Java Runtime Environment (JRE 1.5 or later) 1 then click on this image to install it.
    GetJava Download Button

  2. Download the ThinkingRock application for Linux from http://www.thinkingrock.com.au/

  3. Unzip the downloaded zip file. For example:

    $ unzip tr-1.2.3-linux.zip
    Archive: tr-1.2.3-linux.zip
    creating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/
    creating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/docs/
    creating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/extract/
    creating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/extract/export/
    creating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/extract/params/
    creating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/extract/report/
    creating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/lib/
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/docs/linux_install.html
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/docs/release_notes.txt
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/extract/commands.xml
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/extract/export.xml
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/extract/export/actions-text.xsl
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/extract/export/actions-xml.xsl
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/extract/export/future-items-text.xsl
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/extract/export/future-items-xml.xsl
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/extract/export/information-items-text.xsl
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/extract/export/information-items-xml.xsl
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/extract/params/contexts.xsl
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/extract/params/projects.xsl
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/extract/params/topics.xsl
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/extract/report.xml
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/extract/report/actions.fo
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/extract/report/next-actions.fo
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/extract/report/project.fo
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/lib/avalon-framework-4.2.0.jar
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/lib/batik-all-1.6.jar
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/lib/commons-io-1.1.jar
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/lib/commons-lang-2.1.jar
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/lib/commons-logging-1.0.4.jar
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/lib/fop.jar
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/lib/ical4j.jar
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/lib/jh.jar
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/lib/jpedal.jar
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/lib/serializer-2.7.0.jar
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/lib/swing-layout-1.0.jar
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/lib/xalan-2.7.0.jar
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/lib/xercesImpl-2.7.1.jar
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/lib/xml-apis-1.3.02.jar
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/lib/xmlgraphics-commons-1.0.jar
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/lib/xpp3_min-1.1.3.4.O.jar
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/lib/xstream-1.2.jar
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/thinking-rock-linux-1.2.3.jar
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/thinking-rock.sh
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/thinking-rock16.gif
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/thinking-rock32.gif
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/thinking-rock48.gif
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/xdg-email
    inflating: thinking-rock-1.2.3/xdg-open

  4. Make the shell scripts are executable:
    $ cd thinking-rock-1.2.3/
    $ chmod +x thinking-rock.sh
    $ chmod +x xdg*

  5. Run the application. For example:
    $ ./thinking-rock.sh

    Note: you need to execute the script from the thinking-rock-1.2.3 directory

Note 1
To check whether JRE version 1.5 (or later) is installed, you can do the following: