[EnergyPlus_Support] Using IDF Editor under Wine on MacOS or Ubuntu Linux

[Jason Glazer <jglazer@xxxxxxxx>]

As the developer of the IDF Editor, I have recently 
experimented with a program called Wine that enables Windows 
based programs to work on Macintosh and Linux computers. I 
am looking for volunteers to test the following procedures 
and let me know how they could be improved.

Thanks

Jason


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MAC OS
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Step 1. Download WineBottler (based on Wine) from:

http://winebottler.kronenberg.org/

I used the 1.6.1 release. You need to skip a bunch of ads to 
do this.

Step 2. Drag Wine from the downloaded DMG file to your 
Applications folder.

Step 3. Drag WineBottler from the downloaded DMG file to 
your Applications folder.

Step 4. Download Setup-IDFEd-145a.exe special installer for 
Windows that only contains IDF Editor 1.45a. It is currently 
located in the DropBox:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/m9dt0hey0pm2ipm/SBfK68IWmt

Step 4. Open WineBottler from your Applications folder.

Step 5. Click "Advanced"

Step 6. For program to install select the 
Setup-IDFEd-145a.exe file downloaded in Step 4. Make sure 
the "This is an installer, execute it" option is chosen. No 
Winetricks are needed to be selected.

Step 7. Click "Install"

Step 8. Save the file as "IDFEditor145a" in your 
Applications folder.

Step 9. At this point the a Setup window that looks like a 
Windows program will start and you click the "Next" button.

Step 10. Use the default directory and click "Next" again.

Step 11. Use the default start menu folder and click "Next" 
again.

Step 12. Click "Install"

Step 13. Click "Finish"

Step 14. In the Select Startfile dialog box that should 
appear, select "Program Files/IDFEditor/IDFEditor.exe" and 
click "OK". If everything has worked it should say "Prefix 
created successfully"

Step 15. Double click on "IDFEditor145a" in your 
Applications folder.

Step 16. IDF Editor should start up.

Step 17. To open files from EnergyPlus 8.1 (assuming it is 
installed) go to the "/" folder, "Applications" folder, 
"EnergyPlus-8-1-0" folder, "ExampleFiles" and open a file.

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UBUNTU LINUX
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Step 1. Using Ubuntu Software Center, search for "Wine" and 
install "Wine Windows Program Loader"

Step 2. Download Setup-IDFEd-145a.exe special installer for 
Windows that only contains IDF Editor 1.45a. It is currently 
located in the DropBox:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/m9dt0hey0pm2ipm/SBfK68IWmt

Step 3. Right click on the Setup-IDFEd-145a.exe file and 
select "Open With" and "Wine Windows Program Loader"

Step 4. At this point the a Setup window that looks like a 
Windows program will start and you click the "Next" button.

Step 5. Use the default start menu folder and click "Next" 
again.

Step 6. Click "Install"

Step 7. Click "Finish"

Step 8. Using the File Browser (Nautilus or other) go to 
your Home directory and show the hidden directories. In 
Nautilus, use CTRL-H.

Step 9. Go to .wine/drive_c/Program Files(x86)/IDFEditor

Step 10. Right click on IDFEditor.exe and select "Open With" 
and "Wine Windows Program Loader"

Step 11. IDF Editor should start up.

Step 12. To open files from EnergyPlus 8.1 (assuming it is 
installed) go to the "/" folder, "Home" folder (or where 
ever you installed it), "EnergyPlus-8-1-0" folder, 
"ExampleFiles" and open a file.


-- 
Jason Glazer, P.E., GARD Analytics, 90.1 ECB chair
Admin for onebuilding.org building performance mailing lists


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