| title | Installation |
|---|---|
| description | How to install Obsidian and echinopscis |
| permalink | /installation/ |
| toc | true |
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Download and install Obsidian for your operating system (available for Windows, Mac and Linux).
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Download the echinopscis sample vault. ("Vault" is the Obsidian term for a workspace or project; the contents of a vault are "pages", arranged into "folders"). This vault is zipped and pre-configured with plugins for data access and visualisation of biodiversity informatics data. When the download is complete, you should extract the zip file to a directory on your computer.
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Launch Obsidian. You will be given three options, to:
- Create a new vault
- Open a folder as a vault
- Open a remote vault.
Select the middle option: "Open folder as vault". Choose the directory that you extracted in step 2.
Security: You will be asked to confirm that you trust the author of the vault, so that plugins can be enabled. Click "Trust author and enable plugins". You will be shown a list of the plugins contained in the vault, you can exit this listing using the Esc key.
- Note for users of older versions of Obsidian: this message may be titled "Safe mode" and ask if you wish to disable safe mode and enable third party plugins. Click "Turn off safe mode".
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Explore - or work through the steps listed in the pinned "start here" page.
Note: a longer version of these instructions (aimed at Windows users) with a screenshot at each step is available here.