Install: -***---*** SIMPLEST ***---***- download and run the installer: aliview.install.run (this is a executable archive that will copy the files to the /usr/home/bin/ and /usr/share) on most systems you need to change the execution rights of the downloaded file: chmod +x aliview.install.run sudo ./aliview.install.run (most likely you need to sudo the installation) start the program with aliview (this is a .sh script that will execute java -jar aliview.jar) ----*** ALTERNATIVE ***---- aliview.tgz is an archive including the program files