Below are instructions for installing VIA for Windows, Linux, or Mac (OSX).

Installing VIA for Windows

After making sure that you have a working and accessible JVM installed, and downloading the appropriate release package for your system.

1

Copy the release package (a `.zip `archive file) to a directory of your choice on your local file system.

WindowsArchiveFile

2

Use WinZIP, WinRAR or 7-Zip to unpack the .zip archive into the directory.

You should now see a "VIA" subfolder in your directory.

WindowsExtractedFolderAndExecutable

3

Run the VIA executable.

Installing VIA for Linux

After making sure that you have a working and accessible JVM installed, and downloading the appropriate release package for your system:

1

Copy the release package (a .zip archive file) to a directory of your choice on your local file system.

ArchiveFile

2

Use the Archive Manager or unzip command to unpack the .zip archive into the directory.

You should now see a "VIA" subfolder in your directory.

ExtractedFolderAndExecutable

3

Run the VIA executable.

Installing VIA for Mac OSX

After making sure that you have a working and accessible JVM installed, and downloading the appropriate release package for your system:

1

Copy the release package (a .zip archive file) to a directory of your choice on your local file system. Here the archive has been saved to the desktop.

mac archive

2

Double click on the .zip archive.

mac uncompress

You should now see a VIA folder.

mac folder

3

Run the VIA executable.

4

To make things really simple, drag VIA to your taskbar so you can run it any time!

mac taskbar
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