Install:

---------- SIMPLEST ------------

download the installer from http://ormbunkar.se/downloads/linux and run:

aliview.install.run

(this is a executable archive that will copy files to /usr/bin/ and /usr/share/aliview/,
and will also install a .desktop link to the start-menu on compatible systems)

- after downloading you will likely need to change the execution rights of the install file:
chmod +x aliview.install.run

- install by issuing command:
sudo ./aliview.install.run
(most likely you need to sudo the installation, if you don't have super user rights to the system see below)

- start the program with command:
aliview (this is a sh-script that will execute java -jar aliview.jar)

-----*** ALTERNATIVE (as non super-user) ***-----

1. Download the archive aliview.tgz from http://ormbunkar.se/aliview/downloads/linux/ and extract it into a folder of your choice
2. Run program from this folder by issuing command ./aliview from the terminal
   (this is a sh-script that will execute command java -jar aliview.jar)

NOTE: If you are running Linux, consider upgrading to Java 8 or Java 9, there is a significant improvement in drawing speed
since it is using Linux built in XRender.
Installation is very simple (1 minute) - http://ormbunkar.se/aliview/#java8install

-----INSTALL FROM SOURCE -----

Procedure below requires root (`sudo`) access.
Tested on 64 bit Xubuntu 17.10 with Oracle java
version 1.8.0_72, and Apache Maven v.3.5.0.

1. Install Oracle Java 8

        sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
        sudo apt update
        sudo apt install oracle-java8-installer

2. Install Apache Maven

        sudo apt install maven

3. Install makeself

        sudo apt install makeself

4. Build, package, create installer and install AliView

        git clone https://github.com/AliView/AliView.git
        cd AliView
        mvn clean compile install package | tee mvn.build.log
        ./make_installer_linux.sh
        cd target/linux-version-*
        sudo ./aliview.install.run