For Downloader App version 3.0 and later, the version information appears in the About menu. The version also appears at the bottom of the login windows when you download a private collection. The following steps explain how to find out which version of the Downloader App you are running for version 2.0 and earlier in different operating systems.
On Windows 10:
On Windows 7:
On Mac:
On CentOS:
yum list installed | grep "TCIADownloader"
On Ubuntu:
dpkg -l |grep tciadownloader
The manifest file generated by TCIA/NBIA 6.5.3 is now self-contained and only version 3.0 of TCIA Downloader can read it. Please update your Downloader app.
You can ignore the double entries. It is likely that you installed an early version of TCIA Downloader 2.0 or TCIA Downloader 1.0, which have different upgrade codes internally. The old software is removed when the new version is installed. If the newly installed app is not functioning as expected, you can manually remove the old app and reinstall the new app. However, it is not required to do so.
Always use the latest application. The application is backward-compatible. The following table shows the version compatibility between manifest files and the Downloader App.
Downloader App Version | Manifest V1.0 | Manifest V2.0 | Manifest V3.0 |
---|---|---|---|
1.0 | Working | Working with public data requests* | Not working |
2.0 | Working with public data requests | Working | Auto Upgrade and Manual Upgrade are working. Remind Me Later does nothing. |
3.0 | Working with public data requests | Working | Working |
On CentOS or Red Hat Linux, use the command sudo yum -v -y remove TCIADownloader.x86_64;sudo yum -y install downloader-3.2-1.x86_64.rpm
to install the Downloader App. This command pulls and installs all missing dependent libraries when the Downloader App is installed. If you install another way, you may not install all of the dependent libraries. Also, note that the Downloader App always takes a manifest file as a parameter. In a GUI desktop environment, start the Downloader App by clicking a manifest file.
Assuming the Downloader App is installed on /opt/Downloader (this is the location that the Downloader App is installed at when it is installed with command sudo yum -v -y remove TCIADownloader.x86_64;sudo yum -y install downloader-3.2-1.x86_64.rpm
). To run the Downloader App from the command line, type the command:
sudo /opt/Downloader/Downloader <full path of manifest file including the file name>
The Downloader App always needs to run with a manifest file. Although the application can be invoked from command line, it works best in a desktop environment such as Gnome, KDE, and so on. Once the Downloader App is installed in the desktop environment, you can click any manifest file with the extension .tcia
to invoke the Downloader App.