Launching the ADempiere Application

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The ADempiere Application runs as a client that communicates with the ADempiere Application Server. It can run on the server, on a remote machine or via a web interface. This article describes how to install the client software and launch the client application.

Prerequisites

Before running the client, ensure the the ADempiere Application Server is running on the Server computer. See Launching the Application Server for details.

Each client/remote computer will need to have Java installed Visit http://www.java.com to download and install the latest version.

Note: The Client software is automatically installed on the Server as part of the Server Install process. Depending on your operating system and installation process, you can access the Client software on the Server from a shell directly (<Adempiere_Home>/utils/RUN_ADempiere.bat/sh) or via a system menu or desktop shortcut. You can also use the process described below.

Installing the ADempiere Client

To access the ADempiere Application Server from a browser, point your browser to your server URL (http://<your server name, IP or URL>:<your port number>/admin e.g. http://myservername:8080/admin)

To install the ADempiere client on a remote computer, you have two options:

1. Web Start
2. Local Install

Option 1: Web Start

The WebStart option automatically makes sure that the client computer will use the latest version. This is very handy in large installations as you will only need to update the software on the server and all the clients will automatically update their local copies the next time the client is launched.

• From the Application Server web page, click on the WebStart button and you will see the WebStart Dialog:

• You may need to associate the jnlp file which the WebStart uses with the appropriate java application. If so you will see a window like the one below. Click on "Do this automatically for files like this from now on.":

Note: If you mis-associate the jnlp file with another application, the WebStart functionality won't work. You can change the association in your control panel.

• Then you will see the Security window. Click on "Always trust content from this publisher.":

• The very first time the application starts, you will see a license dialog.

• The application will start once you accept the license terms. Move on to Logging In to the Client

Note: In windows, the Web Start installs a menu link in your start menu. You can restart the application by clicking this link. The next time you start the application by clicking on Web Start, the application will check for a newer version on the Application Server and automatically download it if it exists. After downloading the application will start automatically.

Option 2: Local Install

A local install makes a local copy of the client software that is not automatically updated. In order to perform the Local Install:

• click on the zip link and
  • extract the file content to a local directory.

Refer to the Manual Installation Instructions for your operating system as the installation process is similar to the installation of the server software. Specifically, you will need to set the following system environment variables:

• JAVA_HOME
• ADEMPIERE_HOME
• PATH

Start the ADempiere Client

Start the ADempiere Client via the script RUN_Adempiere (.bat or .sh) . Then you will see the ADempiere Login window:

Troubleshooting Tips

If you did not set the environment variables, you might receive an error message with the JAVA_HOME or ADEMPIERE_HOME variables as not been set.

Windows...

• Set the JAVA_HOME system environment variable to your java installation directory e.g. C:\jdk1.5.0_05
• Set the ADEMPIERE_HOME system environment variable to C:\Adempiere

Linux...

• Set the JAVA_HOME system environment variable to /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre if that's where your java is.

For Debian based systems do this to check

   ls -l /etc/alternatives/java 

Use this command

   export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre    

You can also set this in ~/.bashrc so it is set on each login.

• Set the ADEMPIERE_HOME system environment variable to /opt/Adempiere if that is the local directory you unzipped to.
• Make the shell script that starts Adempiere client runable, by giving it the eXecute attribute for All users.

 chmod a+x /opt/Adempiere/RUN_Adempiere.sh

• Add %JAVA_HOME%\bin;%ADEMPIER_HOME%\lib; to your PATH system environment variable.