Running ValiPop with Java

Dependencies

You will need the following installed on your system to run ValiPop:

You will also need to install the geepack R package, which can be done by running the following command:

# Open a terminal (Windows/MacOs/Linux)

# Install the geepack R package on your system
R -e "install.packages('geepack', repos = c(CRAN = 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))"

Installing the JAR file

ValiPop can be run with Java using its JAR file. To install the latest ValiPop JAR file, you can visit the releases page.

Running ValiPop

Run the following command to run ValiPop:

java -jar valipop.jar

Building from source

Instead of downloading the latest JAR file, you can also build it directly from source.

This will require the following dependencies installed:

Then you can follow these steps to build the JAR:

# Open a terminal

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/stacs-srg/valipop

# Navigate to the project repository
cd valipop

# Installing dependencies, compiling, and packaging into JARs
mvn clean package -Dmaven.test.skip -Dmaven.repo.local=repository

# The build should be in `target/`, including the runnable JARs
# "valipop-x.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar" is the main executable JAR