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Revision as of 21:51, 21 August 2015
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NOTE: The latest and all previous releases of xLights/Nutcracker for Windows can always be found in the links below. |
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xLights/Nutcracker Downloads
- Linux folks usually compile directly from Github. Stay tuned for a Linux repository.
Installation
If this is an upgrade to an existing xLights/Nutcracker setup, make sure that you backup your existing files before installing a new version. The install process does delete any of the files required for your sequences or setup, as these files are kept in the show and media directories. Click Backup and follow the procedure to backup your existing files Menus or just press F10.
Windows Installation
- Download the required released executable file and save to any location on your Windows PC.
- Double click on the downloaded executable.
- The xLights setup Window will be displayed.
- Click on Next
- Select the destination location. Leave as is to upgrade to a new release. Follow the prompts and click on install when ready.
- Click on Finish to complete the installation
- The xLights/Nutcracker software will be installed in the destination location.
- In addition to the software required to run the application, the installer also installs a few useful utilities, dictionaries and a songs subdirectory.
- The xLights/Nutcracker application software (32 bit) is installed by default in the xLights subdirectory within your Windows Program Files directory ( C:\Program Files\xLights\).
- The location can be modified during the software install process by the user.
- If you do not have Audacity installed on your computer, then you should at least install the Queen Mary Vamp plugins for Audacity. Visit Timing Tools which has a link to the plugins which is a self install .exe file
Macintosh Installation
- Double click on the compressed file that you downloaded.
- Drag the newly created folder containing the xLights/Nutcracker application and associated files to the location of your choice. The xLights/Nutcracker application software folder is created in the same directory as the downloaded file.
Linux Installation
- Most Linux users pull and compile the latest code checkin.
- Repository for the xLights/Nutcracker Code: Downloads for Source Code
