Figure 4: Database creation wizard For the beginning, it is recommended to create the database with these settings: local database, and complete reference data. Figure 3: Initially empty navigation area in openlca To change this, you can either: Create a new, empty database or Import an existing database Creating a new, empty database With a right-click in the navigation area, you can create a new database. Initially, openlca does not contain any data, therefore the navigation section on the left is empty. 3Ĥ 2.3 First start After the installation, you can start openlca. This message will only appear the first time you open the program.
A warning message will appear because the application was downloaded from the internet. Once the download is complete find the program in the "downloads" folder and transfer it into "applications". In a Mac environment, openlca has the following hardware requirements: 64 bit 500 MB free hard disk space (depending on the databases that you want to use) 6 GB RAM The openlca software requires Java in version 8 install Java before beginning with the openlca installation (Java SE Development Kit for Mac OS available under Figure 2: Installation file for Mac, downloaded from openlca website Download the installer file from /downloads.
2ģ 2.2 Installation, Mac For Mac, a 64 bit version is available. Figure 1: Setup screen The following installation steps should be rather self-explanatory. by you), or by anybody working on the computer. In a Windows environment, openlca has the following hardware requirements: 4 GB RAM (32bit), 6 GB RAM (64 bit) 500 MB free hard disk space (depending on the databases that you want to use) As usual in Windows installation, you can select whether openlca should be used only by the user who installs (i.e. For the installation, you will need administrator rights. 2.1 Installation, Windows For windows, 64 bit and 32 bit versions are available the following will focus on the 64 bit version. 2 Installation The installation of openlca is slightly different for Window, Mac and Linux.
Version 1.4 was released in June, This text focusses on this 1.4 version of openlca, explains first steps in openlca, including the installation, gives an overview of features, and shows how to migrate databases from the 1.3 version to the new version. from the project website, without license costs. 2 1 Introduction openlca is the open source software for Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Sustainability Assessment, developed since 2007 by GreenDelta, As open source software, it is freely available, e.g.
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