to organize documents...

...or photos

   download sqlDESKTOP 3.60 for Windows system 

if you use the multi - user network version, install on the server either:

- sqlDESKTOPserver  (designed for a small network (<20 users) without DBA) Windows or Linux  click here to download

- MySQL database (open source database Windows or Linux ) : http://www.mysql.com/

- PostgreSQL database (open source database Windows or Linux): http://www.postgresql.org/

- SqlServer  (Windows only) or SqlServer Express (free) : http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/sql/download/

- DB2 (Windows or Linux) or DB2 Express - C (free): http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/db2/express/download.html

- Oracle (Windows or Linux) or Oracle Express (free) : http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/xe/index.html

If you don't use sqlDESKTOPserver refer to the readme file to find script file and instruction to set up the above database

Single user version is free. Update from previous release is free.

 click here to download a rpm distribution file

download sqlDESKTOP-3.60-1.i586.rpm onto a tempory directory. Open a shell screen and cd to this directory, then enter:

rpm -ivh sqlDESKTOP-3.60-1.i586.rpm 

If the download doesn't start click on " Télécharger ce fichier " as shown in the following screen capture:

(Please note that you have to deploy sqldesktop into the directory /opt/sqldesktop - write permission into /opt is required)

If you can't install rpm package on your system, install the portable version (see below)

sqlDESKTOP requires libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 . If libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 is missing on your system, install this library first (see below). 

While waiting for the file to download, click here to learn more about sqlDESKTOP ( How to manage documents, photos, how to write story with photos, how to upload to FaceBook, Flickr..)

Portable version

Click here to download the portable version

to install the portable version, mount the removable media ( USB stick, flash memory card..)

in a shell windows:

cd to the root directory of the removable media

launch command:

  tar xzvf portablesqldesktop.tar.gz

If the download doesn't start click on " Télécharger ce fichier " as shown in the following screen capture:

To launch the portable version: sh sqlDESKTOP.sh 

If you don't want to download, click here to order a CD  . You will find on the CD: 

- the distribution file for Windows (sqlDESKTOP and sqlDESKTOPserver) 

- the distribution file for Linux (sqlDESKTOP and sqlDESKTOPserver) 

- the Back up pack

- user manual in pdf format (sqlDESKTOP and sqlDESKTOPserver) 

 How to launch sqlDESKTOP  on Linux system

open a shell console 

cd  /opt/sqldesktop

and enter the following command:

./sqlDESKTOP

You can also use the launch icon added to desktop windows and menu.

Notes:

The JVM bundled with sqlDESKTOP requires   libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 .

If you don't have this librairy, please create in /usr/lib a symlink to a compatible library installed in your system:

 ln -s <your compatible library> libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2
ldconfig

If you don't have a compatible library, click here to download libstdc++-2-libc6.1-1-2.9.0.so into /usr/lib and enter the following commands:

 ln -s libstdc++-2-libc6.1-1-2.9.0.so libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2
ldconfig

 If you use the multi - user network version, install on the server either:

- sqlDESKTOPserver  (designed for a small network (<20 users) without DBA ) Windows or Linux  click here to download

- MySQL database (open source database Windows or Linux ) : http://www.mysql.com/

- PostgreSQL database (open source database Windows or Linux): http://www.postgresql.org/

- SqlServer  (Windows only) or SqlServer Express (free) : http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/sql/download/

- DB2 (Windows or Linux) or DB2 Express - C (free): http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/db2/express/download.html

- Oracle (Windows or Linux) or Oracle Express (free) : http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/xe/index.html

If you don't use sqlDESKTOPserver refer to the readme file to find script file and instruction to set up the above database

Single user version is free. Update from previous release is free.

Browse to http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp and install the Java runtime ( Java jre ) corresponding to your system

click here to download install.jar        onto a tempory directory. Open a shell screen and cd to this directory, then enter:

to launch sqlDESKTOP, enter following command :  

javaw -Xmx144m -splash:splash.png -cp "< full path to sqldesktop.jar>" sqldesktop          

( Ex:  javaw -Xmx144m -splash:splash.png -cp "C:\Program Files\sqlDESKTOP\sqldesktop.jar" sqldesktop )

You don't need sqlDESKTOPserver for the single user version (free). For the multi user network version, install sqlDESKTOPserver on the server and sqlDESKTOP on each user desktop. For your convenience, JAVA, DERBY - CLOUDSCAPE database and sqlDESKTOPserver are bundled into the same distribution file. The JAVA VM bundled with the distribution file will be used exclusively by sqlDESKTOPserver and will not interfere with any other JAVA VM of your system.  

 click here and download install.exe

If you don't want to download, click here to order a CD  . You will find on the CD: 

- the distribution file for Windows (sqlDESKTOP and sqlDESKTOPserver) 

- the distribution file for Linux (sqlDESKTOP and sqlDESKTOPserver) 

- the Back up pack

- user manual in pdf format (sqlDESKTOP and sqlDESKTOPserver) 

   
  Right click on the following file and download onto a temporary file.

sqlDESKTOPserver-1.20-1.i586.rpm

How to install

Open a shell console, cd to the directory where the sqlDESKTOPserver distribution file is stored  and enter the following command:

rpm -ivh sqlDESKTOPserver-1.20-1.i586.rpm

(Please note that you have to deploy sqldesktopserver into the directory /opt/sqldesktopserver - write permission into /opt is required)

sqlDESKTOPserver requires libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 . If libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 .

If you don't have this librairy, please create in /usr/lib a symlink to a compatible library installed in your system:

 ln -s <your compatible library> libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2
ldconfig

If you don't have a compatible library, click here to download libstdc++-2-libc6.1-1-2.9.0.so into /usr/lib and enter the following commands:

 ln -s libstdc++-2-libc6.1-1-2.9.0.so libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2
ldconfig

 If you don't want to download, click here to order a CD    . (You will get on the CD the distribution for Windows, the distribution for Linux,  the back up pack and  user manual in pdf format).

open a shell console 

cd  /opt/sqldesktopserver

and enter the following command:

./sqlDESKTOPserver