Running the Applications

    Windows

    Double click on the exe file in the directory of Marvin Beans or its shortcut on the Desktop or in the Start menu

    Start the Command prompt from the Start menu . Type

    msketch.bat

    If it says, "No such file or directory", include the bin subdirectory of the Marvin Beans directory in the PATH environment variable, or give the full path of the file.

    E.g.: C:\Program Files\ChemAxon\MarvinBeans\bin\msketch.bat

    For more details about changing environment variables, please consult the Windows Help.

    Mac OS X

    Double click on the application in the directory of Marvin Beans. You can find the shortcut icon on the Desktop or on the Dock panel.

    Start the Terminal application to be able to work in UNIX shell then type the name of the application, for example

    msketch

    For more details, please see the Unix/Linux command line section below.

    UNIX / Linux

    Double click on the application in the directory of Marvin Beans or its shortcut on Desktop .

    Bring up a terminal and type

    msketch 

    If it says, "command not found", add the bin subdirectory of Marvin Beans directory to the PATH. For more details, please consult the manual of the current shell. If you do not put it in the PATH, you can launch the application the following way:

    Change the directory where the application is located then run application:

    cd <MARVINBEANSHOME>/bin
    
    msketch

    or give the full path of the application to start it:

    <MARVINBEANSHOME>/bin/msketch

    * "<MARVINBEANSHOME>" indicates the location where Marvin Beans was installed. Substitute this value with the home directory of Marvin Beans. E.g.: /home/username/ChemAxon/MarvinBeans.