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

[Jason Glazer <jglazer@xxxxxxxx>]

Some people have reported problems with the DropBox location 
for the file so I here is another link:

http://gard.com/Setup-IDFEd-145a.exe

Jason

On 12/31/2013 11:31 AM, Jason Glazer wrote:
> 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
>
>
> ======================
> MAC OS
> ======================
>
> 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.
>
> ======================
> UBUNTU LINUX
> ======================
>
> 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
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