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This article explains how to install and configure command line tools for use with ImageJ development.

Install and configure command line tools

WindowsOS XLinux

Windows

Install Git, Maven, and Java SE using Chocolatey:

choco install -y git maven jdk8

We also heartily recommend installing Cygwin:

choco install -y cyg-get

OS X

Install Git and Maven using Homebrew:

brew install git maven bash-completion

Download and install Java SE from Oracle.

Linux

sudo apt-get install default-jdk git maven

Download the source

git clone git://github.com/imagej/imagej

See the Source Code page for further details.

Build the source

cd imagej
mvn

Launch the program

mvn -Pexec

Launching alternative user interfaces

mvn -Dscijava.ui=swing -Pexec
mvn -Dscijava.ui=swing-mdi -Pexec
mvn -Dscijava.ui=awt -Pexec

See also

• Dotfiles if you want to twink out your shell