Let the fun begin

Starting GNUmed

As you might know GNUmed can be run on different operating systems such as GNU/Linux, Apple's MacOSX and MS Windows. Because of that there is no single way of starting GNUmed. GNUmed will be distributed to end-users in packages that will integrate with the standard OS specific mechanisms for starting programs.

On Windows you can start the GNUmed client via the start menu (not yet).

On GNU/Linux you will be given the option of starting GNUmed via an entry in your favorite window manager's start menu or via shell script on the commandline.

On MacOSX you can start GNUmed via ??.


until further notice the preferred way to start GNUmed on GNU/linux is to:

By using one of the options provided you will be presented with GNUmed client's login dialog

Logging in

Inside the login dialog you are asked to provide the login and password to be able to access Gnumed. You can obtain this information from the database administrator.

Whenever you would like to change the server/database you would like the client to connect to you need to provide/define that information as a profile inside the gnumed.conf file. You will find this file (most likely) in the directory '/home/any-user/.gnumed/'. If not take a look at the file 'gnumed.conf.example' in the directory '/some-dir/gnumed/client/etc/'.

Hit OK and wait for Gnumed to power up the user interface. Meanwhile you be shown which plugins Gnumed is about to load and you will be notified about success or failure.

Currently (06/2004) there exist three public Gnumed test servers:

Try to login in with the following credentials:

server: salaam.homeunix.com / anubis.homeunix.com
user: any-doc
password: any-doc

If you have installed a local server, use

server: localhost
user: any-doc
password: any-doc

or ask your administrator for a real GNUmed login.