Howto: JaxoDraw

[parktownprawn]

JaxoDraw (http://jaxodraw.sourceforge.net/index.orig.html) is a nice java app for making feynman diagrams which integrates well with Latex

This probably isn't the best way to install it but its pretty easy.

1. First you need to have Java (http://wiki.ubuntu.com//Java) and Latex (http://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaTeX) installed

2. get the non-ubuntu rpms


wget http://jaxodraw.sourceforge.net/download/pkgs/axodraw-1.0-0.i386.rpm
wget http://jaxodraw.sourceforge.net/download/pkgs/jaxodraw-1.3-1.noarch.rpm

3. Install the rpms


sudo alien -i axodraw-1.0-0.i386.rpm
sudo texhash
sudo alien -i jaxodraw-1.3-1.noarch.rpm

4. Make a menu entry by hand (or use smeg (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=38183) )

sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/jaxodraw.desktop

Insert the following lines into the new file


[Desktop Entry]
Name=JaxoDraw
Comment=JaxoDraw
Exec=jaxodraw
Icon=jaxodraw
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Graphics;


if you want a custom icon

sudo cp custom_icon.png /usr/share/pixmaps/jaxodraw.png

thats it

[Vincosmo]

Another installation scheme

sudo apt-get install libgcj7-awt

Now download the latest binaries from
http://jaxodraw.sourceforge.net/download/bin.html

then decompress and execute the.jar, ie:

tar -xzf jaxodraw-1.3-2_bin.tar.gz
cd JaxoDraw-1.3-2/
java -jar jaxodraw-1.3-2.jar

you may (sudo) copy the JaxoDraw dir to /usr/local and create a shortcut on your desktop as quoted above for
java -jar /usr/local/JaxoDraw/jaxodraw-1.3-2.jar

May the Feynman diagrams be with you,

Vincent

[alefisico]

Hi,

have anyone try to install jaxodraw2.0 in a ubuntu => 11.10??.

I could already installed it with binaries but it doesn't seem to works fine with pdflatex.

Have any idea of how should I installed it?

[theoryl]

It doesn't work well with pdflatex. you have to do "latex thefile.tex", "dvipdf thefile.dvi". Also check that you have the file axodraw4j.sty.

[Ursulca]

Hi!
Oh, I don't understand how I can install the file axodraw4j.sty under windows...
This http://jaxodraw.sourceforge.net/UsrGuide/axodraw.html instruction is not clear to me! :confused: I don't really know how to work in the console for windows. Help me please!