2. Software

Warning

Skills Needed

• 1.2 Using the tutorial

Note

Skills Covered

• 2.1.Install Vogon
• 2.2.Create a Vogon Workspace
• 2.3.Progress Flowchart

2.1. Install Vogon

In order to install and run Vogon the following is required:

• Software requirements:

  • JAVA 6 or better
  • 500 MB of HDD

• For a Vogon Workspace:

  • 20 MB of free space (either HDD or cloud based; e.g. Dropbox, iCloud, Google, etc.) where you save your save your annotations, relationships and files.

Download newest version of Vogon here: Vogon

You should see this screen after clicking the above link

If you do not see this screen contact Julia Damerow

To Initiate Download

Click on one of the blue links to get to a list of Vogon downloads (click on the newest version of Vogon). The folder “Weekly builds” contains weekly builds of Vogon. This is the lastest version but it might also be buggier than a stable version (usually located in a folder “Vogon <version-nr>”.

Downloading Vogon

After clicking on the parent folder, click on the newest version of Vogon for your operating system via the Date Modified Column. Your download should begin automatically.

Install Vogon

After the file has completely downloaded. Unzip the file and install.

• Mac Users: Unzip the file and put the unzipped folder in your “Applications” directory

Starting Vogon

Double Click on the Vogon application symbol V Vogon.

2.2. Create a Vogon Workspace

You will be asked to select a workspace. This workspace is a folder on your computer where all the files Vogon needs will be stored. These files include:

• concept lists (similar to a thesaurus)
• texts that have been analyzed
• vocabularies (similar to a dictionary which defines what terms exist, and how they are spelled)

You can can create as many workspaces as you need for Vogon. It is recommended that for every new project in Vogon you create a separate workspace. However, this will mean you have to create new concept lists and vocabularies also (more about these functions later). Creating a new workspace in Vogon per project allows systematic data collection (e.g. mapping), organization for the user, and faster maintenance and troubleshooting.

Browse your filesystem and create a new folder somewhere convenient for you.

Click Ok button.

If you receive the following message click Ok button.

This is what Vogon will look while creating and loading a Workspace.

Note

Skills Covered

• 2.1.Install Vogon
• 2.2.Create a Vogon Workspace

2.3. Progress Flowchart

Create A Workspace

• 2.1.Install Vogon - Download and install newest version of Vogon.
• 2.2.Create a Vogon Workspace - Creating a workspace where Vogon can save all of your data (local or online) available.