Startup and Installation Issues
Where do I download PCGen from?
You can download the latest version of PCGen from
http://pcgen.sourceforge.net
You'll need to download at least two files. These two files are called pcgenXXX_part1of3.zip
and pcgenXXX_part2of3.zip. The first contains the program itself, and the second contains the
various modules. A third file (pcgenXXX_part3of3.zip) can be downloaded, this contains the
full documentation set, this is recommended for power users. Oh, go on, you know you are
a power user! And because I _know_ someone is going to ask, the XXX stands for the version
number, OK? Good.
c:\tools\pcgen
)
Make sure you have the 'Include Subfolders' option checked!! Then you do
the same thing for the other file. Make sure you extract to the same directory as last time.
You might be asked if WinZip should overwrite the files already there. If so, you can safely choose
yes, (no _really_, you can honestly, I wouldn't lie to you.).java -jar pcgen.jar
.OS | Does it Work? |
Mac OS 7.x - 9.x | No. (Actually, it might. As a work-around, you can install VirtualPC (or some such) and run PCGen in there.) |
Mac OS 10.x | Yes |
Win 98 | Yes |
Win 98 SE | Yes |
Win 2000 | Yes |
Win NT | Yes |
Win XP | Yes |
Unix | Yes |
Linux | Yes |
All the solutions above have been tested, and found to work.
/
to a \
or the other way round. Also make sure
that you don't try to access something like c:/program files/pcgen/
when you should be accessing
c:/program~1/pcgen/
, or vice versa."c:\program
files\pcgen\"
. The same might also work on Mac OS X, but I'm not a
Mac user, so I don't know."unzip
pcgenXXX_part1of3.zip"
, and watch the files being unstuffed. Do the
same for pcgenXXX_part2of3.zip BUT, when you try this for
pcgenXXX_part3of3.zip, you'll be asked a question. Answer this by typing "A
".
Wheee, look at it go! Anyway, you should now have a file called pcgen.jar,
which you can double-click to start PCGen.