Downloading BEAST
- Mar 25, 2015 Download Feed The Beast Launcher for Windows 32 bit. Download Feed The Beast Launcher for Windows 64 bit. LINUX Download Feed The Beast Launcher for Linux. Download Feed The BeastLauncher for Mac.
- BEAST can also be installed to run within the command-line environment provided by the Mac OS X Terminal.app. For instructions on installing BEAST for a UNIX command line see this page. Homebrew package manager for Mac OS X. The above instructions will also work to install BEAST as a command-line tool in Mac OS X.
BEAST can be downloaded from the following link:
This will download a disk image (a ‘.dmg’ file) probably into your Downloads folder.
The latest version of BEAST can always be found here: https://github.com/beast-dev/beast-mcmc/releases/latest
Installing JAVA
Feed the Beast, also known as FTB, originated as a custom challenge map in Minecraft that made heavy use of multiple tech mods. It played very similar to a type of map known as Sky Block, where. Download FTB Unleashed via Feed the Beast modpack for Minecraft FTB Unleashed is currently the most popular modpack for FTB and spiritual successor to FTB Ultimate. This is a general all-purpose pack designed for use on all servers.
To run BEAST on Mac OS X, you will need to have Java installed. Older versions of Mac OS had Java installed by default but this is no longer the case. BEAST currently requires at least version 6 of Java and this can still be installed as an optional package from Apple. Alternatively, you can install the latest version of Java which is distributed free by Oracle. The former option is easier but the latest Java may give slightly better performance.
Installing Apple Java 6
You can download the ‘legacy’ Java 6 from here: https://support.apple.com/kb/dl1572.This will download an installer which will install Java and you are ready to go (you won’t need to restart the machine).
Installing Oracle Java 8
To get the latest version of Java you will need to download the Java JDK from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html. Download and install the ‘JRE’ - this is the Java Runtime Environment. If you want to compile Java code you can install the JDK (Java Development Kit) instead. Once installed, you will automatically get updates to the latest version.
Warning: Do not install the Java software offered on the http://java.com website. This will install java only as a plug in to your web browser. This version of Java will not be able to run BEAST.
The Mac version of BEAST is not yet compatible with Java 10. Please use Java 8 or 9.
Installing BEAST
Double-clicking the disk image file will open the a virtual ‘disk’ in a Finder window. At this point the applications are still on the ‘disk’ created by the disk image. We suggest that you drag the entire folder into your
Applications
folder (either the main Applications folder or the one in your user folder). You can drag the folder by clicking, holding and then dragging the little white icon at the top of the disk image finder window.Mac OS X security
When running any of the applications in the BEAST package for the first time you may see a security dialog box. This is Mac OS X’s security protecting your system from unknown software:
Rather than double-clicking to run the application for the first time, you can control-click (or right-click) on the application icon and select
Open
. This will bring up a similar dialog box to the one about but this time it will have an Open
button which will override the security for this application only. You will only need to do this the first time you open an application but you will need to do it individually for each of the applications in the BEAST package.You can then drag the icons into your Dock if you want quick access to them.
BEAGLE acceleration library
We also strongly recommend that you install the BEAGLE library to accelerate BEAST’s computation (indeed some analyses are not possible without BEAGLE). For more information about BEAGLE and information about installing it, see here.
Installing a command-line version of BEAST
Mac OS X is particularly popular in computational biology because it is built upon a UNIX operating system which gives it access to a wide range of scientific software. BEAST can also be installed to run within the command-line environment provided by the Mac OS X Terminal.app. For instructions on installing BEAST for a UNIX command line see this page.
Homebrew package manager for Mac OS X
The above instructions will also work to install BEAST as a command-line tool in Mac OS X. However, the recommended way of installing BEAST for use in the Mac OS X Terminal is to use the Homebrew package manager.
If you use the Mac OS X command-line you are probably familiar with Homebrew. This is a simple and convenient way of installing and updating command-line software on the Mac. Homebrew provides a huge range of science and bioinformatics software and a list of packages can be found here. See the Homebrew website to get it installed.
To install BEAST using HomeBrew type:
Download Feed The Beast
To check BEAST is installed type:
If a new version of BEAST is released, to update you just need to type:
You can also install the latest development version but this is at your own risk:
The following is a guide designed to help server admins create and maintain a server.
Finding a Host[edit | edit source]
There are two ways of running the server. You can pay for a host like CreeperHost or if you have a good enough computer (or another decent computer) that can host it.
There are several things that come into play when choosing where your server is hosted:
- How many players?
- With 2-10 players on you need about 2-4GB of ram.
- With 10-20 players on you need about 7-8GB of ram depending on how technical the server is.
- How strong the server needs to be to support all the mods?
- Will my personal computers be strong enough?
The best way to test if the server can handle it is trying it out.
Now that you have made your choice the tutorial will split into two sections.
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Running it on a personal computer[edit | edit source]
Feed The Beast Minecraft
- First thing is to download the server files from the FTB launcher.
- Extract all the files into a folder.
- Edit the start.bat (Windows) or the start.sh (Mac and Linux)
- Xms512M and Xmx1G: These are, respectively, the lowest and highest amount of RAM the server can use; edit it as you see fit.
- Start the server:
- Mac and Linux: Open terminal and do 'cd (server file)' then 'bash startserver.sh'.
- Windows: Double-click the start.bat.
- Connect to your server using the IP localhost.
- Foward your port. Port forwarding lets people outside your internet connect to the server. Every router is different; Googling your router model will help in setting up ports to forward.
Server Host[edit | edit source]
Creeperhost is extremely easy in the server software section as they have automatic buttons that install FTB packs. With other hosts it is a little more complex.
- Get FTP access then replace the .jar that they have with the ftbserver.jar(remember to rename ftbserver.jar to whatever they had. Then drop in the mods in coremods...etc
- Start the server. If it runs, great! If not ask your host on what to do.
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