Installing Kanzi

System requirements

Minimum system requirements for developing with Kanzi:

• On a PC: 64-bit Windows 7 SP1, 8.1, and 10 Anniversary Update (version 1607) or newer
• On a Mac: Any of the above Windows versions in Boot Camp, or OS X with VMware Fusion or Parallels Desktop
• 10 GB of free disk space
• 1 GB of RAM (2 GB recommended)
• Graphics card compatible with OpenGL 3.3 or later and graphics card drivers no more than 12 months old
• Kanzi Studio depends on these Microsoft libraries and frameworks:
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.1
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (12.0.30501.0 or newer), both x86 and x64 versions
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (14.13.26020.0 or newer) , both x86 and x64 versions

  During Kanzi installation the installer prompts you to install these.

• For developing application logic with Kanzi Engine:
  • Visual Studio 2017, Visual Studio 2015, or Visual Studio 2013 with latest updates
  • VC++ 2015.3 v140 toolset (x86,x64)
    If you have Visual Studio 2017 already installed, use the Visual Studio Installer to install the v140 toolset.
    
• For developing Kanzi Studio plugins:
  • Visual Studio 2017
  • .NET framework 4.7.1

Platform requirements

Windows

To deploy and run Kanzi applications on Windows, you need:

• Visual C++ Redistributable x86 for Visual Studio 2015

Android

To build and deploy Kanzi applications for Android, you need:

• For Kanzi 3.6.6 and newer:
  • Android Studio 4.1.0 and NDK 21.3.6528147
    You can download and install Android Studio at https://developer.android.com/studio/archive.
  • Android Gradle plugin 4.1.3 and Gradle 6.7.1 or lower
  • Java Development Environment Kit 1.8 or newer (64-bit version)
    Bundled with the Android Studio installation.
  • CMake 3.5.1 or newer
  • USB device drivers for your Android device
    See Installing Android USB driver for your Android device.
• For older Kanzi versions:
  • Android SDK 2.3.3 or newer (Kanzi requires API level 10 or newer):
    • Android SDK Platform Tools
    • SDK Platform Android 2.3
    • SDK Platform Android 4.0.3
  • Android NDK 10e
  • Apache Ant 1.9.5 or newer
  • Oracle Java Development Environment Kit 1.8 or newer (Windows x86, 32-bit version)
  • Python 2.7.x
  • Python 3.x
  • Scons 2.5.1
  • USB device drivers for your Android device
    See Installing Android USB driver for your Android device.

Other platforms

To build and deploy Kanzi applications for other platforms, you need:

• Python 2.7.x
• Python 3.x
• Scons 2.5.1

Installing Kanzi

To upgrade Kanzi, see Upgrading Kanzi.

To install Kanzi:

1. Copy the Kanzi installer file to a local disk.
   You need administrator's rights on the computer where you are installing Kanzi.
2. Run the Kanzi installer and follow the onscreen instructions.
   Set the <KanziWorkspace> to the root of a hard disk partition, because the Windows operating systems have a limit of 255 characters for paths.
3. After Kanzi installation is complete, you are asked whether you want to install the required software to build and deploy Kanzi applications for Android.
   • If you do not have the Android build environment already set up, see Installing the Kanzi build environment for Android.
   • If you already set up all the tools required by the Android build environment and you use them, for example, with a previous version of Kanzi, set the Kanzi environment variables for the version of Kanzi you just installed in the %ProgramData%/Rightware/<KanziVersion>/kanzi_environment_variables.bat to the correct paths. See Setting the Kanzi environment variables.
4. Activate your Kanzi license:
   • If you have a Kanzi product key, see Using a product key to activate Kanzi Studio.
   • If you have a Kanzi license file, see Using a license file to activate Kanzi Studio.
   • If you have a Kanzi dongle license, see Using a dongle license to activate Kanzi Studio.
   • If you are using Kanzi floating licenses, see Using a floating license.
   • To purchase Kanzi, go to www.rightware.com/buy-kanzi or contact Rightware sales team at sales@rightware.com.

To find out what Kanzi installs on your computer, see What is installed with Kanzi?

For technical support use the Kanzi Support Portal at http://support.rightware.com. See Technical support.

Installing Kanzi unattended

Use unattended installation when you want to avoid user interaction during the installation of Kanzi. This is useful when you want to automate the installation.

When you install Kanzi unattended, the installer shows the installation progress window, but does not require user interaction.

To install Kanzi unattended:

1. Start the Windows Command Prompt with administrator's rights.
2. Go to the directory where you have the Kanzi installer.
3. Run this command:

   .\KanziStudio_<KanziVersion>.exe /silent

What's next?

Now that you installed Kanzi you can:

• Get familiar with Kanzi >
• Complete Kanzi tutorials >
• Explore Kanzi Studio features >

Error reports

To help us improve the quality of Kanzi, Kanzi sends anonymized error reports. We are not able to link this information directly to any individual user. You can opt-out from sending this information during the installation.

See also

Installing the Kanzi build environment for Android

Upgrading Kanzi

What is installed with Kanzi?

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