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Printer-friendly VersionUMLS DVD
The UMLS is available on a single disk DVD which contains the three UMLS Knowledge Sources in three compressed format files (.nlm data format)
- 2009aa-1-meta.nlm
- 2009aa-2-meta.nlm (Metathesaurus = 2 files; total 2.3 GB)
- 2009aa-otherks.nlm (Semantic Network and SPECIALIST Lexicon; 1.2 GB)
- MMSYS.zip, MetamorphoSys, the UMLS installation and Metathesaurus subsetting program for PC and UNIX machines (98 MB cross-platform Java executable with JRE for each supported platform)
UMLS licensees may request the DVD from custserv@nlm.nih.gov and must include their license number in the request.
7.1 Hardware and Software Requirements
- 7.1.1 Supported Operating Systems
- Windows XP, 2000, NT
- Linux*
- Solaris 8 and 9
- Macintosh OS X Tiger (10.4)**
*Linux note: The specific version fully validated is Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS, Version 3. Other versions should also work; NLM will post reports of other Linux versions as users report success.
**Macintosh note: MetamorphoSys requires Java 1.5. Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther" does not support Java 1.5. Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard", expected to be released later this year, will support Java 1.5.
7.1.2 Hardware Requirements
- A MINIMUM of 20 GB of free hard disc space
- A MINIMUM of 2 GB of RAM, preferably more. Smaller memory size will cause virtual memory paging with exponentially increased processing time.
- A CPU speed of at least 2 GHz for reasonable installation times
- DVD drive (the faster the better)
Insert the DVD into a DVD-ROM drive. DVD-ROMs must be mounted as UDF, the standard file system type for all DVDs. File length validation errors and other errors will result if a non-UDF drive is used. For best results the drive should be 6X or faster.
Start the MetamorphoSys install program:
Windows
- The DVD should autorun.
- If it does not (or if you are installing from the hard disk), go to the DVD root directory and click on "windows_mmsys.bat".
Linux, Solaris, and Macintosh
- Open a terminal window and change to the root directory of the DVD, then type the appropriate command for your platform:
- ./linuxmmsys.sh
- ./solaris_mmsys.sh
- ./macintosh_mmsys.sh
- Hit the return key
- Select "Install UMLS" on the Welcome to MetamorphoSys screen
- Select destination (local) directory for files on the Install UMLS screen
The Install UMLS Metathesaurus progress monitor charts the process through:
- Initializing the CUI list
- Subsetting Content
- Subsetting Indexes
- Final Processes
If selected, Semantic Network and SPECIALIST Lexicon files are copied first. Accept the License Agreement notice to proceed with customizing the Metathesaurus.
Select "Cancel" to exit MetamorphoSys at any time. The interrupted process cannot be resumed. The configuration must be recalled (if saved), or recreated (if not saved), and subsetting must be started again.
MetamorphoSys produces an initial install.log file of the installation up to the start of Metathesaurus subsetting. If files pass validation, processing continues and subsetting begins. If validation fails, a warning is displayed and recorded in install.log.
When subsetting is complete, configuration settings are displayed on the screen and also written to "mmsys.log" in the directory containing the subsetted files. Your customized Metathesaurus files are located in the destination directory.
For more information on running MetamorphoSys see Section 6 of this documentation.
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Last reviewed: 02 April 2009
Last updated: 02 April 2009
First published: 17 November 2008
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