Launching Gaffer for the First Time

Once Gaffer has been installed, you will probably want to try it out right away before performing any additional configuration. To launch it, you can run its application file directly from the binary directory.

Note

For these instructions, we will assume you have Gaffer installed to the /opt/ directory. If you have installed it elsewhere, replace /opt/ with the directory you installed it to.

Caution

When you run Gaffer from a terminal, its continued operation is dependent on that terminal window. If you close the terminal, it will also close Gaffer, and you may lose any unsaved data.

Launching in Linux

To launch Gaffer for the first time in Linux:

  1. Open a terminal.

  2. Navigate to the Gaffer binary directory and run the Gaffer application:

    user@desktop ~ $ cd /opt/gaffer-0.50.0.0-linux/bin
    user@desktop /opt/gaffer-0.50.0.0-linux/bin $ ./gaffer
    

Gaffer will launch in a new window.

Launching in OSX

To launch Gaffer for the first time in OSX:

  1. Open the terminal (Finder > Go > Utilities > Terminal).

  2. Navigate to the Gaffer binary directory and run the Gaffer application:

    MacBook:~ user$ cd /opt/gaffer-0.50.0.0-osx/bin
    MacBook:/opt/gaffer-0.50.0.0-osx/bin user$ ./gaffer
    

Gaffer will launch in a new window.