Download Oxygen PDF Chemistry
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Windows 64-bit (Includes OpenJDK Temurin* 17.0.8)
- Version: 26.1
- Original release date: March 25, 2024
- Build id: 2024041900
- Build date: April 19, 2024
- Size: 117.6MB
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* The OpenJDK JRE bundled with Oxygen is created using jlink from the Eclipse Adoptium Temurin distribution.
Instructions:
Install
- Run the installation program and follow the instructions.
- Note: If you add the installation folder to the PATH environment variable, Oxygen XML Editor/Author will pick it up automatically and use it instead its builtin processor.
Run
- To run the application, use a command line terminal and start the chemistry launcher from the installation directory.
Uninstall
- Run the Uninstaller from the Start Menu or uninstall.exe from the installation folder.
Requirements Windows 64-bit:
- Minimum hardware configuration is Intel/AMD 64-bit CPU with 2 GB of RAM (4 GB or more recommended) and 1 GB of free disk space.
- The Windows 64-bit kit of Oxygen can only be installed and run on 64-bit Windows operating systems.
- The product has been fully tested on Windows 10 and Windows 11. The latest version of Oxygen might work on other versions of Windows, but they have not been officially tested.
macOS (Includes OpenJDK Temurin* 17.0.8)
- Version: 26.1
- Original release date: March 25, 2024
- Build id: 2024041900
- Build date: April 19, 2024
- Size: 124.3MB
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* The OpenJDK JRE bundled with Oxygen is created using jlink from the Eclipse Adoptium Temurin distribution.
Install
- After downloading, double click the oxygen-pdf-chemistry.dmg disk image to mount it.
- Drag/Copy the Oxygen PDF Chemistry folder to your
/Applications folder (or another location if you wish).
Attention: Do not copy the files/folders from within the Oxygen PDF Chemistry folder (always copy the folder itself), otherwise you will omit invisible files/folders and the application may no longer start.
- A new version (or maintenance build) of Chemistry should not be copied to a directory where a previous version (or maintenance build) is already installed.
- Note: If you add the installation folder to the PATH environment variable, Oxygen XML Editor/Author will pick it up automatically and use it instead its builtin processor. It will be also available in the Terminal application.
Run
- To run the application execute chemistry from the Terminal.
Uninstalling the Application
- Move to trash the Oxygen PDF Chemistry folder.
Requirements:
- The product has been fully tested on macOS 11 (Big Sur), 12 (Monterey), 13 (Ventura) and 14 (Sonoma).
- Oxygen requires the option System Preferences > Security & Privacy, Allow apps downloaded from to be set to App Store and identified developers during the installation phase.
- Minimum hardware configuration is Mac with 4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended) and 1 GB free disk space.
Linux 64-bit (Includes OpenJDK Temurin* 17.0.8)
- Version: 26.1
- Original release date: March 15, 2024
- Build id: 2024041900
- Build date: April 19, 2024
- Size: 117.9MB
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* The OpenJDK JRE bundled with Oxygen is created using jlink from the Eclipse Adoptium Temurin distribution.
Instructions:
Install
- After downloading open a shell and cd to the directory where you downloaded the installer.
- At the prompt type:
sh ./oxygenPDFChemistry.sh.
- Note: If you add the installation folder to the PATH environment variable, Oxygen XML Editor/Author will pick it up automatically and use it instead its builtin processor.
Run
- From a terminal, start chemistry from the product installation directory.
Uninstalling the Application
- Backup all valuable data from the Oxygen installation folder.
- Run the uninstall script from the installation folder.
Requirements:
- Minimum hardware configuration is Intel/AMD 64-bit CPU with 2 GB of RAM (4 GB or more recommended) and 1 GB of free disk space.
- Recommended hardware configuration is dual core CPU with 4 GB of RAM.
- The product has been fully tested on Ubuntu 22.04. The latest version of Oxygen might work on other flavors/versions of Linux, but they have not been officially tested.
All Platforms Distribution
- Version: 26.1
- Original release date: March 25, 2024
- Build id: 2024041900
- Build date: April 19, 2024
- Size: 71MB
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Instructions:
Install
- Note: JAVA_HOME system variable should point to a
Java distribution with a minimum version of 1.8.
- Unzip the downloaded archive.
- Move the extracted oxygen-pdf-chemistry folder to a location of your choice.
- Open a Command Prompt/Terminal window and change directory to the oxygen-pdf-chemistry folder.
- Run the chemistry.bat or chemistry.sh script depending on your platform.
- Note: If you add the installation folder to the PATH environment variable, Oxygen XML Editor/Author will pick it up automatically and use it instead its builtin processor.
Uninstall
- Simply delete the unzipped folder, oxygen-pdf-chemistry.
Requirements
- Minimum hardware configuration is Intel/AMD CPU class system with 1GB of RAM and 300 MB free disk space.
- Recommended hardware configuration is dual core CPU with 4 GB of RAM and 1 GB free disk space.
- Java SE 8 from Oracle (available at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/). Oxygen may work very well with JVM implementations from other vendors but if there are incompatibilities then they will not be fixed in future Oxygen releases.
