DAMBE Installation Instructions

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  2. Workshop: Phylogenetics with DAMBE (timed for Evolution 2012 participants)
  3. The installation instruction here is for Windows, but you can also run DAMBE on Linux or new Macintosh computers.
  4. The newest version is at the bottom.
  5. If you have installed a previous version of DAMBE, please uninstalled it before installing the new version by clicking

    Start|Settings|Control Panel|Add/Remove Programs

    and proceed to remove DAMBE completely. Check C:\Windows\System32 to make sure that DllWithDialog.DLL is deleted (and manually delete it if it it not) before installing a new version of DAMBE.

  6. You may want to visit Microsoft Windows Update Site to get free updates for your Windows before installing DAMBE.
  7. If you are still using early versions of Windows, i.e., 95/98, please install the free Windows Installer first.
  8. Please follow the installation instructions exactly.
    • For Internet Explorer Users: Click one of the installation packages (DAMBE*.msi) below. At the dialog asking you whether to open or save the file, choose the "Open..." option and follow the installation instructions (just a few mouse clicks in fact).
    • For Netscape Users: Right-click one of the installation packages (DAMBE*.msi) below. At the pop-up menu, choose 'Save link as' to save the installation file (DAMBE*.msi) to your harddisk. Click Start|Run and type in the full path and name of the saved installation package
    • After installation, a program icon will be added to the Start menu. You may now run the program from the Windows desktop by click Start|Dambe.
    • There will be a number of DNA sequence files in the directory where DAMBE.EXE resides. Note that I have used different file extension (or type) to designate different data files for different programs. It is always a good practice to use one particular file type to designate one particular file format.
  9. DAMBE (Version 5.3.00 released on May 9, 2012):
    • DAMBEXP for Windows XP
    • DAMBE for Windows Vista/7 (Support NeXML)
      • Rather than left-click and click 'Run' to install, you should right-click DAMBEVista.msi and save it to a directory. Browse to that directory, right-click DAMBEVista.msi and click 'Properties'. Under the 'General' tab, click 'Unblock' and 'Apply'. Now you can left-click the DAMBEVista.msi file to install DAMBE.
      • Even after a successful installation, Vista may not give you administrator privilege to run programs even if you login as a member in the administrators group. You may need to right-click 'DAMBE.EXE' in the installation directory (e.g., C:\Program Files\DAMBE), click 'Properties' and then the 'Compatibility' tab, and choose to run the program with administrator privilege.)
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