Download Taverna 2.0
Taverna Workbench 2.0
Taverna 2.0 is the first release of Taverna 2. It works on Windows, Mac OS and Linux and most versions of Unix.
Please see the release notes and accompanying documentation for information about all the new functionality within Taverna 2.0.
There are some known issues with Taverna 2.0 where it lacks functionality available in Taverna 1.7; the roadmap gives our plans for solving them. If you have any comments then please send them to the Taverna users mailing list or support@mygrid.org.uk
Before installation, please check that your machine satisfies Taverna’s requirements.
HTTP Proxy
If you are need to use a HTTP proxy, then after installation you may need to change Taverna 2.0’s settings. Start Taverna, and look for Preferences under the File or Taverna menu. Alter the settings as described in Http Proxy Preferences.
Windows users
Download the Windows installation wizard.
When you run the wizard, you will be prompted for an installation directory.
To run Taverna 2.0, run the run.bat from the installation directory.
Mac users
Download the Mac OS installation.
Open the disk image and drag the application into your Applications directory.
You can run Taverna 2.0 by double-clicking on the installed copy of the Taverna 2.0 application.
When you start Taverna 2.0 for the first time, you may need to set the location of GraphViz’s dot under the Preferences -> Workbench menu. The dot location is probably /Applications/Taverna2.app/Contents/MacOS/dot
Linux and Unix users
Download the gzip’d tar’d Linux installation.
Untar the file to where you want Taverna 2.0 to be installed.
To run Taverna 2.0, use run.sh from the installation directory. You may need to alter its permissions to make it executable e.g. chmod +x run.sh
When you start Taverna 2.0 for the first time, you need to set the location of GraphViz’s dot under the Preferences -> Workbench menu. You may need to download dot as described in Taverna’s requirements.
Note that in the current release of Taverna, symbolic links to run.sh will not work. This will be fixed in future releases. In the meantime, a modified version of run.sh is available for download.