RapidMiner

Copyright (C) 2001-2014 by RapidMiner and the contributors

Complete list of developers available at our web site:

   http://rapidminer.com

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

How to start RapidMiner (Windows):

To start RapidMiner, you can use the RapidMiner.exe file located in the same directory as this readme. If you do not want to/cannot use .exe file, you can also start RapidMiner via the RapidMinerGUI.bat batchfile in the /scripts folder. Starting RapidMiner via the rapidminer.jar is not recommended as doing so will break the update mechanism of RapidMiner.

How to start RapidMiner (Linux):

To start RapidMiner, you can use the RapidMinerGUI file located in the /scripts folder. In some cases you will need to set chmod +x RapidMinerGUI via console first. Then call .script/RapidMinerGUI inside the RapidMiner directory to start RapidMiner. Starting RapidMiner via the rapidminer.jar is not recommended as doing so will break the update mechanism of RapidMiner.

How to start RapidMiner (Mac):

To start RapidMiner, you can use the RapidMinerGUI file located in the /scripts folder. In some cases you will need to set chmod +x RapidMinerGUI via console first. Then call ./script/RapidMinerGUI inside the RapidMiner directory to start RapidMiner. Starting RapidMiner via the rapidminer.jar is not recommended as doing so will break the update mechanism of RapidMiner.

Acquire extensions for RapidMiner:

RapidMiner ships with a huge list of operators for many purposes, however certain functionality for a specific purpose has been moved to extensions. If you want more operators for these specific purposes like Text Mining or Web Mining, you can browse through the available extensions for RapidMiner via "Help" -> "Updates and Extensions (Marketplace)". There you will find popular extensions or you can search for any available extension. To install them, just select them, click "Install" in the lower right corner and follow the instructions.

Community forum:

You can visit our active community forums via "Help" -> "Community Forum". There you can find ideas on how to achieve certain goals, tips&tricks when designing processes, solutions to common problems and much more. If you are experiencing an error and want to ask for help via the forums, please remember to copy&paste the error from the logfile (see below).

Log file:

In your user home folder there is a .RapidMiner5 folder. Inside it you will find a rm.log file which contains all log messages from the latest RapidMiner execution.

Please note:

• The license of all libraries can be found in the directory "licences" located in the main directory of RapidMiner.

• This version of RapidMiner is licensed under the AGPL (see the corresponding license file). Please contact us if you are interested in a different license, e.g. an OEM license for integrating RapidMiner into a proprietary software product not licensed under the AGPL.