• INTRODUCTION
• ALCHEMY
• INSTALLATION
• OS X
• LINUX
• WINDOWS
• INTERFACE
• INTERFACE BASICS
• MENU BAR
• TOOL BAR
• KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
• PREFERENCES
• MODULE
• WHAT IS A MODULE?
• CREATE MODULES
• AFFECT MODULES
• HELP
• ADDITIONAL HELP

Installing Alchemy on Linux

Software name : Alchemy
Homepage : http://al.chemy.org
Software version used for this installation : BETA 008
Operating System use for this installation : Ubuntu 9.10
Recommended Hardware :
Required Software : Java Runtime Environment Version 1.5 or above (OpenJDK will also work, however it has a bunch of display bugs)

Downloading Alchemy

The latest version of Alchemy for LINUX can be downloaded from:
http://al.chemy.org/download/
The latest version at the time of writing this document is Alchemy BETA 008.

Click on the link labeled 'Alchemy for Linux' to download.

Once the download is complete, check your default download directory for the Alchemy file. This is a compressed zip file and inside is the Alchemy application itself. Extract the files, use your favourite unzipping utility and inside will be a folder called 'Alchemy'. Copy this folder to wherever you keep your applications. That completes the installation of Alchemy and you should now be able to see the Alchemy folder inside your applications folder:

To open Alchemy simply double-click on the 'Alchemy' file inside the Alchemy folder to launch the .jar file.