What is an Anchor distribution?
An Anchor distribution is a folder which contains all the jars and configuration-files to run Anchor. It has the following structure:
| Folder | Description |
|---|---|
bin/ |
anchor-launcher.jar and anchor-browser.jar and associated helper-applications |
lib/ |
other anchor jars and third-party dependencies |
config/ |
default configuration files in BeanXML for the anchor application |
configGUI/ |
default configuration files in BeanXML for the anchorGUI application |
models/ |
bundled trained machine-learning models |
Note: Add the bin/ directory to the
PATH system environment variable for easy command-line usage.Launcher applications
Launcher applications (anchor, anchor.exe, anchorGUI, anchorGUI.exe etc.) run the relevant jar with a specific memory profile, also ensuring lib/ and plugins/are added to the classpath.
The UNIX launcher applications (anchor and anchorGUI) are BASH scripts that can be easily edited.
The Windows launcher applications (anchor.exe and anchorGUI.exe) use Launch4J to launch Java directly from windows. These are created during the Maven build process.