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+<div class="alert alert-info" role="alert"><p><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-info-sign" aria-hidden="true"></span>
+Taverna is transitioning to the Apache Incubator.
+Currently there is no Apache approved distribution.
+</div>
+
+##Operating system
+
+Taverna [Workbench](/download/workbench) and [Command Line](download/command-line-tool)
+ are available either in platform-specific or platform-neutral distributions.
+We generally recommend the platform-specific distributions as they include any required
+ third-party software.
+
+Platform-specific distributions are available for <small>(and tested on)</small>:
+
+ - Windows 64-bit (.exe installer) <small>(7, 8, 8.1)</small>
+ - Windows 32-bit (.exe installer) <small>(7)</small>
+ - Mac OS X 64-bit (.dmg disk image) <small>(10.8, 10.9)</small>
+ - Linux 64-bit Debian-based (.deb package) <small>(Ubuntu 12.04.4, Bio-Linux 7)</small>
+ - Linux 64-bit Redhat-based (.rpm package) <small>(Fedora 20)</small>
+
+Platform-neutral distributions are available as:
+
+ - Zip file
+
+The platform-neutral distribution has [additional system requirements](#standalone).
+
+##Linux: libgnome
+
+If you want to use the
+ [Interaction service](http://dev.mygrid.org.uk/wiki/display/taverna/Interaction+service)
+ from Taverna, for some versions of Linux it may be necessary to install the **libgnome-2.0**
+ package or equivalent.
+This library is required to allows Taverna to open pages in your preferred Web browser and
+ connect to the interactive service being called from the workflow.
+
+##Memory
+
+It is a good idea for your machine to have at least 2GB of RAM.
+Taverna will run with less memory than that, but its performance may be affected.
+
+The Taverna Workbench installations for 64-bit operating systems will use by default up to
+1 GB of working memory, plus up to 400 MB used by the Java runtime;
+while installations for 32-bit operating systems and platform-independent installations will
+use up to 700 MB of working memory, plus up to 200 MB used by Java runtime.
+
+> If Taverna happens to run out of memory while running a workflow with
+> large data or large number of data, you can set Taverna to store data
+> in a database by going to **Preferences -> Data and Provenance** and
+> removing the tick for **âIn-memory storageâ**.
+> This will reduce execution speed slightly, but should consume less memory.
+> Also remember to remove any old runs you are no longer interested in.
+> [User guide: Data and provenance preferences](http://www.mygrid.org.uk/dev/wiki/display/taverna/Data+and+provenance+preferences)
+> has more details on the data settings in Taverna.
+
+If you need to increase the available memory, for Windows and Linux edit the
+ *taverna.vmoptions* (and *executeworkflow.vmoptions*) file inside Taverna's installation
+ directory (which might require administrator privileges).
+You can then replace *-Xmx700m* or *-Xmx1g* with say *-Xmx1500m* to use 1.5 GB.
+For OS X, you would need to modify the *Info.plist* file
+ (right click on Taverna application in Finder and select **Show Package Content**
+ and go inside the application bundle to find *Contents/Info.plist*) and change the same
+ parameter under JavaVM using the *Property List Editor*.
+For platform-neutral Taverna installations not using **.vmoptions* you may instead have to
+ modify the *taverna.sh/taverna.bat* (Windows) and *executeworkflow.bat/executeworkflow.sh*.
+
+[User guide: Memory allocation](http://dev.mygrid.org.uk/wiki/display/taverna/Memory+allocation)
+ has more details on configuring memory allocation.
+
+<a name=#standalone></a>
+##Taverna Standalone requirements
+
+Java and Graphviz are included in the platform specific downloads but not in the zip downloads.
+
+###Java
+
+If you download a platform-neutral Taverna installation, you will need to install Java 7 or
+ higher.
+
+For Oracle's Java 7 you would have also have to install the
+ [Java Cryptography Extension](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jce-7-download-432124.html)
+ separately.
+
+For [OpenJDK 7](http://openjdk.java.net/), you do not need to install the Java Cryptography
+ Extension as it is already included.
+ On Linux, *apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk* or equivalent is usually sufficient.
+
+> Taverna 2.5 has not been tested with Java 8.
+
+>On newer versions of **Mac OS X**, Taverna Workbench might need the
+ [XQuarts](http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/) shared X11 libraries to be installed.
+
+###GraphViz
+
+If you download the platform-neutral Taverna Workbench installation,
+ it includes binaries of the Graphviz tool,
+ which is used for generating workflow diagrams in Taverna.
+Binaries are included for OS X, Linux x86/x64 and Windows within the *bin* folder.
+
+In most cases Taverna should be able to pick up the location of the Graphviz binary *dot*
+ from the download after you have installed it.
+If this is not the case, see
+ [User guide: Workbench preferences](http://www.mygrid.org.uk/dev/wiki/display/taverna/Workbench+preferences)
+ on how to configure the location of *dot* executable in Taverna Workbench.
+
+