Installing Kanzi

System requirements

Minimum system requirements for using Kanzi Studio:

• A computer with an x86-64 architecture CPU

• On a PC: 64-bit Windows 7 SP1, 8.1, 10 Anniversary Update (version 1607) or newer, and 11

• On a Mac: Any of the above Windows versions in Boot Camp, or OS X with VMware Fusion or Parallels Desktop

• 12 GB of free disk space

• 1 GB of RAM (2 GB recommended)

• Graphics card compatible with either OpenGL 3.3 or later, or Vulkan 1.1 or later, and graphics card drivers no more than 12 months old

• Kanzi Studio depends on these Microsoft libraries and frameworks:

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8

  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable, both x86 and x64 versions

  During Kanzi installation the installer prompts you to install these.

To use the Debug build configuration of the Kanzi Studio Preview, install the Visual Studio version for the configuration that you want to use. For example, use the Debug build configuration to debug your Kanzi Engine plugins. See Debugging native Kanzi Engine plugins.

Platform requirements

Windows

To run Kanzi applications on Windows, you need:

• Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86)

To develop Kanzi applications and Kanzi Engine plugins, you need:

• Visual Studio 2022 with the latest updates

• CMake 3.21 or newer

To develop Kanzi Studio plugins, you need:

• Visual Studio 2022 with the latest updates

• .NET framework 4.8

Android

To develop Android applications with Kanzi, you need Android Studio, version Electric Eel or newer. You can download it from https://developer.android.com/studio.

Kanzi provides two Android frameworks with different features and requirements. See Developing Kanzi applications for Android.

The libraries of these frameworks are compatible with:

Kanzi Android framework (droidfw)	Kanzi application framework (appfw)
Android API 26 or higher	Android API 21 or higher
Android 8 or higher	Android 5 or higher
Java language level 8 (1.8) or higher	Java language level 7 (1.7) or higher
NDK 26.3.11579264	NDK 26.3.11579264

The application templates of these frameworks are compatible with:

• Gradle 8.4

• Android Gradle plugin 8.3.2

• JDK 17 or 21

• CMake 3.21 or newer

You can use other versions of AGP and Gradle, but this requires manual adjustments to your project.

For AGP and Gradle upgrades, we recommend that you use the Android Gradle plugin upgrade assistant. See https://developer.android.com/build/agp-upgrade-assistant.

To use Android features in Kanzi Studio, such as deployment of projects to Android devices and import of Java Kanzi Engine plugins, you need 64-bit JDK 17 or 21. See Setting up Android environment for Kanzi Studio.

Note that you can use Java plugins only with Kanzi Android framework (droidfw) applications.

Other platforms

To build and deploy Kanzi applications for platform packages that use SCons, you need:

• For SCons 3.0.0 to 4.2.0, Python 3.5 or newer.

• For SCons 4.3.0 or newer, Python 3.6 or newer.

Kanzi Hub and Kanzi Account

Kanzi Hub allows you to manage your Kanzi projects and installations, download Kanzi software, and access online resources. To access content through Kanzi Hub, you need a Kanzi Account.

To take Kanzi Hub and Kanzi Account into use:

1. Download Kanzi Hub from https://download.rightware.com/releases/public/kanzi_hub/KanziHubSetup.exe.

2. Install Kanzi Hub and follow the instructions to create a Kanzi Account.

Installing and activating Kanzi

To get Kanzi, go to www.rightware.com/get-kanzi or contact Rightware sales team at sales@rightware.com.

To upgrade Kanzi, see Upgrading Kanzi.

To install and activate 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. 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 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 features >

• Set up your build environment for Android >

Using Kanzi documentation offline

When you are connected to the Internet, and in Kanzi Studio you press or select Help > Documentation, Kanzi Studio points your default web browser to the Kanzi documentation at https://docs.kanzi.com.

To use Kanzi documentation offline:

1. Download the https://docs.kanzi.com/4.0.0-beta2/Documentation/KanziDocumentation-4.0.0-beta2.zip file, that contains the Kanzi documentation.

2. Extract the Kanzi documentation zip file to the <KanziWorkspace> directory.

3. To view the Kanzi documentation when you are not connected to the Internet, in Kanzi Studio select Edit > User Preferences and disable the Online documentation setting.

   When this option is disabled, Kanzi Studio uses the documentation in the <KanziWorkspace>/Documentation directory.

   

Telemetry

To help us understand how we can improve Kanzi Studio, you can let Kanzi Studio send to Rightware these anonymized telemetry data:

• Error reports contain diagnostic information when an error occurs in Kanzi Studio or Kanzi Studio crashes. These reports help us understand what caused the error or crash and what we must change to prevent such events.

• Usage data contains information about how Kanzi Studio features are used and how they perform. This data helps us understand how we can improve our product.

Before Kanzi Studio sends these telemetry data, it removes all information that would enable us to link it to you.

When you run Kanzi Studio for the first time, Kanzi Studio asks whether you want to send anonymized error reports and usage data.

To change your preferences later, in the Kanzi Studio main menu, select Edit > User Preferences and in the General tab, use the Send anonymized error reports and Send anonymized usage data settings.

See also

Upgrading Kanzi

What is installed with Kanzi?

Deploying Kanzi applications to Android