Basics

Installing Simbrain is pretty simple: just download, unzip, and double-click on the jar file. However, there are various issues you can run in to depending on your experience with .zip files, and what system you are using.

In steps:

1. Download the simbrain .zip file here
2. Uncompress the .zip file.
   • On Macs just double click on the .zip file.
   • On PC's right click on the file and select "extract". Do not double-click because that will often just "view" what's in the zipped file, and give the appearance of browsing through a regular folder.
   • Here is more information on zip files.
3. Open up the Simbrain folder.
4. Double click on the Simbrain.jar file. The Simbrain Desktop should appear and you are ready to go.

Gotchas

• If nothing happens, check to make sure you have java installed. Simbrain 3.03 requires that you have at least java 1.8 installed.
• If you are using Linux, you may have to run from the command line (see below)
• Be sure you have actually extracted the simbrain folder from the .zip file, and are not just "viewing" what's in a zip file. If the thing you double clicked is in a "win zip" or "win rar" folder then you have not actually exracted the Simbrain folder.

Running from the command line

Sometimes you can't run by double clicking, but must open up a terminal window or dos window, "cd" to the folder where Simbrain.jar is, and enter the command:

java -jar simbrain.jar

This method is also useful when you want to view logging and error messages.

For help with this you can search "run java program from command line" on youtube.