App Manager
General Function Checklist
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Open the App Repositories
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tab in Preferences.
- The App Repositories table matches the image below
- It is possible to add an additional apprepository to the repository list image below (both servers should be enabled).
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- Click the Add...
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- button.
- Name: MergeAnnot
- URL: https://
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- Click Submit
- Observation: confirm the repository is added to the repository table
- /lorainelab/merge-annotation-operator/downloads/ (This URL contains an App jar file and OBR index file which makes this a valid App repository)
- Click Submit.
- The MergeAnnot app repository has been added to the App Repositories table with the Name and URL displayed exactly as you entered them.
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Close Preferences. Select the Plug-ins tab at the bottom of IGB.
- Observation: There is a button with the text Launch App Manager (see below)button.
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· Click Launch App Manager. · Observation:
- The IGB App Manager
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- opens and contains apps similar to those shown below.
- Note: Before selecting any of the plugins at the left, the area at the right is blank. The letter/color for any plugins that are present in both the default set and the test repository will change. By default it is a B for BioViz. If you name the test repository "Test" then they all change to a "T". (UPDATE IMAGE)
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Select Manage Repositories…
- The App Repositories tab in Preferences opens.
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- Select the checked checkbox in the Enabled column to disable the MergeAnnot app repository.
- Ensure the BioViz app repository is enabled, and then click Done.
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- Select the Plug-ins tab at the bottom of IGB and launch the IGB App Manager
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- again.
- The available BioViz apps are listed and the color of the "Merge Annotation Track Operator" app's icon changes to indicate that
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- the MergeAnnot app repository isn't being used (UPDATE IMAGE):
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Install the Geometric Mean app by selecting it from the list in the App Manager and clicking the Install button. · Observation:
- The Install button
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- toggled to read Uninstall
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- and there is a green dot next to the Geometric Mean app
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- to indicate an installed status
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Observation: The IGB Console will show a logging statement when the app is installed (see below)
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- Close the IGB App Manager.
- View the Log by selecting Help > Show Log.
- A logging statement confirms that the Geometric Mean app was installed correctly.
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- Launch the IGB App Manager again.
- Uninstall the Geometric Mean app by clicking the Uninstall button
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- The Uninstall button
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- now reads Install and the green dot next to the
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- Geometric Mean app is now gone.
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Close the IGB App Manager and open the Log.
- A logging statement confirms that the Geometric Mean app was uninstalled correctly.
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Launch the IGB App Manager again and install the ProtAnnot app.
- The Install button toggled to read Uninstall and there is a green dot next to
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- the ProtAnnot app in the list to indicate an installed status
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Close the IGB App Manager and click Tools.
- A new Start ProtAnnot option appears in the Tools menu.
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- Launch the IGB App Manager again.
- Uninstall the ProtAnnot app.
- Close the IGB App Manager.
- Click Tools.
- The Start ProtAnnot option has disappeared from the Tools menu.
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Click Open App Manager in the Tools menu.
- The IGB App Manager opened.
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Select the Command Socket app from the list in the App Manager. · Observation:
- The Command Socket app contains content in the App Manager that provides additional details about the app
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- (this ensures that the IGB App Manager is using the README files appropriately).
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- Install the Command Socket app.
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- Click
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- Manage Repositories
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- ... and remove
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- checks from the
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- checkboxes for all of the
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- app repositories.
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- The
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- Command Socket app
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- is still
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- installed (indicated with a green dot next to the app)
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- and the letter next to the app's name
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- has changed to an "L"
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- (indicating that the app is now installed locally, not from a
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- repository).
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- The IGB App Manager only lists installed apps.
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Click Manage Repositories... and remove all of the app repos repositories from the App Repositories table by selecting the repo repository and clicking Remove. Click Done. · Observation:
- The IGB App Manager
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- still only displays the Command Socket app
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· Finally, uninstall the Command Socket app by selecting it and clicking Uninstall. · Observation:
- The IGB App Manager appears empty
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