OpenDA tutorial: Starting OpenDA

Starting OpenDA on Microsoft Windows:

Either:

Run the run_openda_gui.bat batch file to open the OpenDA GUI.
Run the run_openda_app.bat batch file from a command window, supplied with the full path to the main configuration file as its input argument to immediately start the calculations. For example:
run_openda_app.bat c:\openda_2.0\examples\simple_lorenz\lorenzEnkf.oda
Running with a relative path may work as well, but is known to cause problems in some situations.

Starting OpenDA on Linux/Mac:

Run the oda_run.sh shell script, with at least one of the following command-line options:

-gui to start the OpenDA graphical user interface (GUI).
The full path to the main configuration file.
Running with a relative path may work as well, but is known to cause problems in some situations.

Examples:

oda_run.sh -gui will start the user interface.
oda_run.sh ~/openda_2.0/examples/simple_lorenz/lorenzEnkf.oda will run the specified application.
oda_run.sh -gui ~/openda_2.0/examples/simple_lorenz/lorenzEnkf.oda will start the user interface and load the configuration files of the specified application.