3rdRail has been certified and is supported on the following platforms for this release:

• Mac OS X 10.4 (Intel)
• Win Vista (32-bit)
• Win XP (32-bit)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 (32-bit)

In addition to the officially supported platforms the following operating systems are reported to work:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server & Workstation 5 (32-bit)
• Windows Vista (32-bit on 64-bit hardware)
• Mac OS X 10.4 (PowerPC)
• Ubuntu Feisty (32-bit)

To install on Windows:

1. Using Windows Explorer, navigate to the 3rdRail install directory
2. Launch install_windows.exe

To install on Linux:

1. Open a terminal and navigate to the 3rdRail install directory
2. Launch install_linux.sh

Additional notes:

• The installer does not create shortcuts on Linux.

To install on a Mac:

1. Using Finder, navigate to the 3rdRail install directory
2. Launch install_macosx.app

Known Issue:

• Description: There have been reports of the Mac install failing shortly after launch. In which case there may a problem with the path of the jar file. The error is "The main class "com.zerog.util.relaunchers.MacOSXRelauncher" could not be found."
• Workaround: Copy the 3rdrail.macosx folder into /tmp and run 3rdRail.app from there.

Additional notes:

• The default target directory is the current user's applications folder (~/Applications), rather than the system applications folder (/Applications).

For instructions on confirming the installation and configuring the Ruby Interpreter, see the readme.html file or, for more recent notes, see the Release Notes on CodeGear Developer Network at https://dn.codegear.com/article/36927.

Before updating 3rdRail for the first time, a small issue with the update configuration must be manually corrected by doing the following:

1. If 3rdRail is running, close it
2. Using your favorite text editor, open the <3rdRailHome>/.eclipseproduct file.  Note: Depending on your operating system, this file may be hidden.
3. Replace the contents of the file with:
   

   name=Eclipse Platform
   
   id=org.eclipse.platform
   
   version=3.3.0

4. Save and close the file.

After making the changes above, you can use the Eclipse Update manager to update 3rdRail via one of the following methods:

    Update Option 1: Search for updates on current features

    Update Option 2: Search for new features to install

    Update Option 3: Manage configuration