FrontlineSMS installation on a Mac requires a few manual steps. These instructions are generic, although they will work on most Apple computers. For further assistance check out the FrontlineSMS Community or seek technical advice in your area
1. Unzip/double-click the 'frontlinesms_macintosh.zip' file you downloaded
2. Open 'Terminal' (in Finder, go to your "Applications -> Utilities" menu)
3. Type in the following two commands (and enter your password if requested):
sudo mkdir -p /var/lock
sudo chmod 777 /var/lock
(If you need help enabling your root account, which you need to run these commands, click here)
4. Double click "FrontlineSMS.app" or \o/ icon in the newly created FrontlineSMS folder to start FrontlineSMS
Windows installation will be handled automatically by an installer.
The installer offers options to add FrontlineSMS shortcuts to the desktop and Start Menu.
FrontlineSMS can then be started by double-clicking on the shortcut, or via the Start Menu.
1. Make sure you have Java version 5 (or newer) installed
2. Unzip and Untar the downloaded file (e.g. "gunzip ..." then "tar -xvf ...")
3. Install the SQLite driver and then, depending on your processor:
Move 'libsqlitejdbc.so' to JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/i386 (32-bit)
Move 'sqlitejdbc-v054.jar' to JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext (64-bit)
4. Install serial port Java library and then, depending on your processor:
Move 'librxtxSerial.so' to JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/i386 (32-bit)
For 64-bit, obtain another build of 'librxtxSerial.so' (on Ubuntu you can use 'aptitude' - 'sudo aptitude install ia32-libs librxtx-java')
5. Once all these files are present, run with "FrontlineSMS.sh"
TIP : JAVA_HOME is the location of your Java install (e.g. on our Ubuntu machine this is "/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.03". You may have more than one Java set up, in which case run the 'java -version' command to find out which runs by default
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