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 on Linux or macOS and C:\software\ on Windows. If you have installed it elsewhere, replace /opt/ or C:\software\ 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-1.4.2.0-linux/bin
user@desktop /opt/gaffer-1.4.2.0-linux/bin $ ./gaffer

Gaffer will launch in a new window.

Launching in Windows

To launch Gaffer for the first time in Windows:

  1. Open the Command Prompt (Start > Windows System > Command Prompt).

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

    C:\Users\user> cd C:\software\gaffer-1.4.2.0-windows\bin
C:\software\gaffer-1.4.2.0-windows\bin> gaffer.cmd

Gaffer will launch in a new window.

Tip

Gaffer can also be launched by browsing to C:\software\gaffer-1.4.2.0-windows\bin in Windows Explorer and double-clicking on gaffer.cmd.

Note

Gaffer requires the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable to be installed on Windows. If you see errors related to missing VCRUNTIME files such as VCRUNTIME140.dll, the redestributable will need to be downloaded and installed before Gaffer can be launched.

Launching in macOS

To launch Gaffer for the first time in macOS:

  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-1.4.2.0-macos/bin
MacBook:/opt/gaffer-1.4.2.0-macos/bin user$ ./gaffer

Gaffer will launch in a new window.

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