screen-scraper will run on any operating system that supports version 1.5 or higher of the Java Virtual Machine. The installation process is almost always very simple, but you may want to read through these pages if you run into trouble or would like to know some related details.
The only specific restriction for installing screen-scraper is that your operating system platform supports a Java Runtime Environment of 1.8 or higher. Testing has been done for screen-scraper on Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and other platforms that support a Java Runtime Environment of 1.8 or higher. All systems have managed to run the software without any major changes.
The Windows installer comes with a runtime environment included. Mac OS X and Linux should already have a Java Runtime Environment installed. For help installing screen-scraper on other platforms (e.g., Solaris, FreeBSD) please contact us.
See also:
How much memory and what type of CPU is recommended for screen-scraper?
Scaling & Optimizing screen-scraper
To download screen-scraper, see the page for the edition you'd like to install. Run the installer to set installation options and install screen-scraper. For headless servers, run the installer with a -C flag to indicate the system is headless and the installer shouldn't try to open graphical popups for installation options
You may want to compare editions before choosing which to install.
screen-scraper ships with a Java Runtime Environment that should work in most distributions of Linux. Because the distributions can vary quite a bit, however, you may need to install a separate Java Runtime Environment and then point screen-scraper to it. If you're able to successfully install screen-scraper, but are having trouble starting it, try downloading the latest Java Runtime Environment from www.java.com for your particular distribution. Once you've installed the JRE, you can point screen-scraper to it by modifying the screen-scraper and server start scripts located in the screen-scraper installation folder.
As an example: the property might look like this:
This tells screen-scraper to use the JRE located at the given path rather than the one it ships with, or some other JRE that might be on your system.
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