Installation Guide - sapacaFaceRecognition/Documentation GitHub Wiki

0. Prerequisites

• Java: Java 8 JRE is required
• XAMPP: XAMPP is required if you are running on Win/MacOS. If running on Linux please set up your own MySQL database on port 3306 and continue with the following steps.

1. Get the jar

Download the latest .jar-file here

2. Create a new MySQL database

• open http://localhost/phpmyadmin (alternative: Click on the "Admin"-Button (phpmyadmin) in XAMPP-Control Panel, see picture below)

• create a new database named "sapaca" by clicking on the "new"-Button on the left navigation

3. Check User configuration

• open http://localhost/phpmyadmin (alternative: Click on the "Admin"-Button (phpmyadmin) in XAMPP-Control Panel, see picture below)

• Click on the "Benutzerkonten"-Tab

• Check if there's a user with:

  • Benutzername: root
  • Hostname: localhost
  • Password: Nein
  • Globale Rechte: ALL PRIVILEGES

In the following screen the last tab shows the user described above.

• Click on the "New" Button if this user does not appear to you and create a new user with the described information above.

4. Start Apache and MySQL

• In XAMPP click Start Apache and MySQL

5. Execute the jar file

• Open the console/terminal
• navigate to the path where the downloaded .jar file is located
• execute java -jar sapaca-0.1.0.jar
• open http://localhost:8080/home.html (if you are using custom port settings open http://localhost:YOURPORTHERE/home.html or try http://localhost/home.html

6. Problems?

Please contact caroem