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Download and Install SCONE

Please follow these steps to install SCONE on Windows (64 bit):

  • Download the latest SCONE .exe installer from the SimTk Website
  • Run the installer and follow the installation instructions
  • During installation, Windows may prompt a warning message, after which you may click More info and Run Anyway

After installing, be sure to check out the Tutorials and Examples.

Please follow these steps to install SCONE on Linux (Ubuntu 20.04 or compatible):

  • Download the latest SCONE .deb package from the SimTk Website
  • Install the package using sudo apt install <package_name>.deb

After installing, be sure to check out the Tutorials and Examples.

Please follow these steps to install SCONE on macOS:

  • Download the latest SCONE .dmg file from the SimTk Website
  • Open the file and follow the installation instructions

If macOS does not allow opening SCONE:

  • Go to the Applications folder and locate SCONE.app
  • Control-click (or right-click) on SCONE.app and select “Open”

If that still does not work, you may temporarily circumvent the macOS App safety protocol (WARNING: perform at your own risk):

  • Open a terminal and enter sudo spctl –master-disable
  • Control-click (or right-click) on SCONE.app and select “Open”
  • Re-enable the safety protocol via sudo spctl –master-enable

After installing, be sure to check out the Tutorials and Examples.

For a detailed and up-to-date instructions on how to build SCONE from source, checkout the SCONE Repository on GitHub.

If SCONE is helpful for your research, please cite the following paper:

Geijtenbeek, T (2019). SCONE: Open Source Software for Predictive Simulation of Biological Motion. Journal of Open Source Software, 4(38), 1421, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.01421