Installation Notes - eightolives' Go

Computer Requirements

• Oracle's Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.8 or better. This can be obtained from http://www.java.com On systems with multiple Java installations, you should specify and use the environment variable JAVA_HOME set to the directory of the proper Java jre directory.
• Optional if encryption is to be used: Gnu Privacy Guard (gpg) which can be downloaded from http://www.gnupg.org/

Go is normally provided as a .tar.gz file or an executable install file (Windows). Files are installed in the user's home directory. A directory, ".eightolives", established in the user's home directory contains a subdirectory, "Go", which contains all required and created files.

The program is first downloaded by Registered Users logging in to the eightolives' User Login Page with Go as the selected product.

You become a Registered User by purchasing an eightolives Go subscription from the eightolives store.

Windows Installation:
When you log in to the User Login Page, your browser will prompt you to save the EightolivesInstall.exe file in your Downloads directory. When downloaded, execute it to install and respond to the prompts.

Starting the Program on Windows
The program is normally started by executing: user_home\.eightolives\Go\Go

Linux: When you log in to the User Login Page, your browser will prompt you to save the EightolivesInstall.tar.gz file in your Downloads directory. When downloaded, use a shell window and execute the commands:
   tar -xvzf EightolivesInstall.tar.gz
   ./EightolivesInstall/EightolivesInstall

Starting the Program on Linux
The program is normally started by executing: user_home/.eightolives/Go/Go

Setting Preferences
The Go menu bar has a Preferences option which allows you to set various parameters. Three preferences which you may need to modify are the executable paths to your preferred web browser, your preferred PDF reader and to the Gnu Privacy Guard (gpg) program if you wish to use encryption. Use the menu options Preferences > Set Browser Path, Preferences > Set PDF Reader Path, and Preferences > Set GPG Path to specify the location of those external programs.