Installing MAGIC Tool
MAGIC Tool is distributed freely by Davidson College under the GNU public license. New versions of MAGIC Tool can be downloaded from the MAGIC Tool web page:
http://www.bio.davidson.edu/MAGIC
Beginning with version 1.5, the MAGIC Tool download consist of a single zip archive file, called MAGIC_Tool_x-y.zip, which you must decompress to see the MAGIC Tool folder, called MAGIC_Tool_x-y.  The contents of the folder are described in the following table.

File Name

Description

Magic_launch.bat

Launcher for Windows (Executable)

MAGIC_launch

Launcher for Mac OS X (Executable)

MagicTool.jar

MAGIC Tool code (called by launcher)

MAGIC Users Guide v2-0.pdf

Users guide (this file)

Installation_guide.pdf

Detailed instructions for installing and running MAGIC Tool

MAGIC Instructor's Guide.pdf

Instructors guide with additional algorithmic details

Plugins

Necessary files for Java TreeView

After you unzip the downloaded file, navigate into the MAGIC_Tool_x-y folder and double click on the appropriate launcher file for your operating system.  After a few seconds, the MAGIC Tool "splash screen" logo should appear, and in a few more seconds the program should be open.  If the launcher does not properly start the MAGIC Tool program, see the MAGIC installation guide for detailed instructions.
Sample files and source code for MAGIC Tool are also available at the MAGIC Tool Website at http://www.bio.davidson.edu/magic/.