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Levi Olson edited this page Jul 31, 2017 · 13 revisions

Arbites is capable of running in several different platforms, listed below are instructions to getting started on each platform.

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Windows

  • Download Arbites by visiting one of the links below.

  • Arbites Innova 2 WPF: Good for Windows 7/8/10

  • Arbites Innova 2 WinForms: Good for Windows XP/2000, Compatible with 7/8/10

  • Unzip the archive file somewhere on your desktop.

  • We will now install the necessary FTDI driveres to be able to communicate with our Animus device, to do so, unzip "arbites/drivers.zip" somewhere.

  • Run dpinst-amd64.exe (64bit) or dpinst-x86.exe (32bit) depending on your operating system.

FTDI installer screenshot

  • Follow the installation steps to complete everything.
  • Run ArbitesEto2.Wpf or ArbitesEto2.WinForms by double clicking on it.

Your copy of Arbites is now ready to be used, you may wish to visit the How to Rebind Keys page for further instructions.

OS X

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  • Download and save the installer package somewhere.

mac 2 screenshot

  • Then run the installer by double clicking on it.
  • Proceed to go through the installer's steps.

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  • Mono is now installed, now we could proceed to download Arbites from here, save the zip file on your desktop.
  • Unzip the zip file, then double click on the Arbites application to launch it.
  • Some installations may require that you symlink mono into your local bin. If the Arbites application failed to run in the previous step, run the following in terminal: ln -s /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Commands/mono /usr/local/bin/mono

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Your copy of Arbites is now ready to be used, you may wish to visit the How to Rebind Keys page for further instructions.

Linux Portable Version

  • First, install mono-complete with your package manager, in this example we will use apt.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mono-complete
  • Now, we are ready to run Arbites, first download Arbites portable edition.
  • Unzip the downloaded archive file somewhere, then open a terminal in the arbites directory. (the directory with the Arbites exe files and start.sh)
  • Run the following to give executable permission to start.sh.
sudo chmod +x start.sh
  • Double click or run `sh ./start.sh' to start Arbites.

Your copy of Arbites is now ready to be used, you may wish to visit the How to Rebind Keys page for further instructions.

Linux Package Manager

TODO

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