FoodChain-Lab Installation

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  • Download and install/unzip the latest version of KNIME from https://www.knime.com/downloads.
  • When starting KNIME for the first time the interface looks like this.

  • Go to Menu and select “Switch to classic user interface”.

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  • Select Help > Install New Software in the menu bar.

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  • Click Add, in the upper right corner.

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  • In the Add Repository dialogue that appears, enter “BfROpenLab” for the Name and the following URL for the Location: https://gitlab.bfr.berlin/binrepos/fcl/raw/5.4
  • Click Add.

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  • In the Available Software dialogue, expand the “BfROpenLab” entry and select the checkbox next to FoodChain-Lab.
  • If “BfROpenLab” does not show up, deselect “Group items by category” and then select the checkbox next to FoodChain-Lab.
  • Click Next.

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  • In the next window, you’ll see a list of the tools to be downloaded. Click Next.

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  • Read and accept the license agreements, then click Finish.

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  • If a window “Trust Authorities” pops up, please tick the checkbox in the upper left corner next to “https://gitlab.bfr.berlin” and click Trust Selected. BfR (Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung) hosts the FoodChain-Lab code on GitLab.

  • If a window pops up asking whether you trust unsigned content (which is FoodChain-Lab), please tick the checkbox in the upper left corner next to “Unsigned” and click Trust Selected.

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  • When the installation completes, restart KNIME.

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  • When the KNIME interface has shown up, you should be able to see an item “FoodChain-Lab” in the Node Repository view in the bottom-left corner.