Preparing the installation

To install i2b2 with the i2b2 Wizard, you will need the following components:

1. The very latest version of i2b2 Wizard

The recent versions no longer contain a version number but rather a date. Just download the latest one from here: http://community.i2b2.org/repos/i2b2/trunk/related/i2b2Wizard/ZIP%20files/

2. A supported Linux installation disc image

i2b2 Wizard supports different Linux distributions, but using Ubuntu 14.04 (32 bit) is recommended. Download this file: http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04/ubuntu-14.04.2-desktop-i386.iso

To get an overview of the supported Linux distributions, unzip the i2b2 Wizard file you have just downloaded and have a look at the scripts/os_version directory. This directory contains a script for each supported operating system. If your favourite Linux distribution is not supported, it is possible to create a copy of the most similar available version script with the file name of your desired distribution. We will come to this later.

3. A virtual machine software

We recommend using VirtualBox, which you can download from here: https://www.virtualbox.org/. In this guide, we are using version 4.3.28-100309 on Mac OS X. Just pick the latest version, and also install the VirtualBox additions.

4. The i2b2 files

While the i2b2 Wizard can download most of the necessary files automatically, you have to download some files for i2b2 manually. These are: i2b2core-src-1705.zip, i2b2webclient-1705.zip and i2b2createdb-1705.zip. You can download them from: https://www.i2b2.org/software/index.html If this version is no longer available, just pick the latest version. i2b2 Wizard is - hopefully - already compatible with the latest version.