Quick installation guide

Ensure Java 1.6 or later is installed (Linux/Windows)

Open a text console (Windows: click on Start, choose Run and enter command, then click OK). Type the command java -version and press enter. Following should appear:

 C:\>java -version 
 java version "1.6.0_03"
 Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_03-b05)
 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0_03-b05, mixed mode)

If you see an output like

 'JAVA' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

or the Java version is before 1.6, then you have to install Java on your system.

Go to http://www.java.com/ and download the latest Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for your platform. Install it and retry the java -version command as described above.

Install the application (Windows)

Download the latest application .zip file (marked as featured). Create a new directory on your harddisk (such as C:\Program Files\SipgateSMSClient) and extract the contents of the downloaded .zip file into this new directory. That's it.

Finally you could create a desktop icon to start Sipgate SMS Client. Navigate your explorer to the new directory where you just extracted the .zip into. RIGHT-click onto the sipgateSMSClient.exe file and drag it over to your windows desktop (onto a free area). Then drop the file and choose 'Create shortcut...' from the popup menu. Name the shortcut SipgateSMSClient.

Install the application (Linux)

Download the latest application .zip file (marked as featured). Create a new directory on your harddisk (such as /home/myuser/SipgateSMSClient) and extract the contents of the downloaded .zip file into this new directory. Add the executable bit to the shell start script. Open a shell, change into the directory where you extracted the .zip file into, and execute the command: chmod u+x sipgateSMSClient_for_Linux.sh

Finally you could create a desktop icon to start Sipgate SMS Client. How you have to do this depends on the window manager you use. Please refer to the documentation of your window manager.

Configure before first usage (Linux/Windows)

Start the application by executing the sipgateSMSClient.exe (Windows) or sipgateSMSClient_for_Linux.sh (Linux) file (maybe use the shortcut you created before). On first startup a default configuration is created silently. You will get asked to choose your prefered language at first, after that a configuration dialog appears. Please enter at least your Sipgate username there. Press the Save Button to save your configuration and restart the application.

Upgrade to a newer version

Download the latest application .zip file (marked as featured). If running, close Sipgate SMS Client. Extract the contents of the downloaded .zip file into the directory of the previous version. If the Windows/Linux asks, if you want to overwrite existing files, answer "yes". That's it.