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Running the Applications

Windows

  1. Double-click the exe file in the directory of Marvin Beans or its shortcut on the Desktop or in the Start menu.
  2. Start the Command prompt from the Start menu.
  3. 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.

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

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

macOS

  1. Double-click the application in the directory of Marvin Beans. You can find the shortcut icon on the Desktop or the Dock panel.
  2. 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, see the Unix/Linux command line part below.

UNIX/Linux

  1. Double-click the application in the directory of Marvin Beans or its shortcut on Desktop.
  2. 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, see the manual of the current shell. If you do not put it in the PATH, you can launch the application in the following way:

  1. Change the directory where the application is located.
  2. Run the application
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 cd <MARVINBEANSHOME>/bin
 msketch

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

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 <MARVINBEANSHOME>/bin/msketch

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 {info}
 \<MARVINBEANSHOME> indicates the location where Marvin Beans was installed. Substitute this value with the home directory of Marvin Beans. For example: `/home/username/ChemAxon/MarvinBeans`.