Installation
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The installation of RapidMiner is very simple. This installation guide describes the installation process for Microsoft Windows systems as well as for all other supported platforms.
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Windows
On a Microsoft Windows system, you only have to download the executable installer file rapidminer-XXX-install.exe (where XXX stands for the current version of RapidMiner). After the download has finished, you should double-click on the downloaded file and follow the instructions of the setup dialog. After installation has finished you will find a new start menu entry and desktop icon for RapidMiner. That's all. Please note that there is no need for an extra Java installation.
Other platforms
For other platforms than Microsoft Windows you presumably have to execute the following steps:
- In order to use RapidMiner you need a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.5 (officially Java 5.0) or higher, which you can download from SUN. Just download the correct version for your operating system (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.) and install it on your system.
- You have to download the Java binary Zip archive containing all necessary files for RapidMiner (i.e. the file rapidminer-XXX.zip).
- In order to extract the downloaded RapidMiner archive you can use any file decompression tool available to you. Unzip the archive into an arbitrarily chosen directory.
Plugins
If you want to use one of the RapidMiner plugins, just download the plugin Jar file and copy it into the subdirectory lib/plugins in your RapidMiner program directory. Windows users can also simply use the provided installer (.exe) files.
