Installation

Downloading

Chinese Text Analyser is supported on Ubuntu 14 and later, however it should work on any system that has Qt >= 5.2 and glibc >= 2.19 installed. Windows and macOS versions are also available.

You can download the latest version here.

If you are upgrading from a previous install, it is safe to reinstall over the previous version. All your configuration settings and vocabulary will be preserved.

Installation and basic functionality has been tested on recent 32- and 64-bit versions of

  • Fedora
  • Linux Mint, and
  • openSuse

using a variety of desktop and window managers.

Before installing Chinese Text Analyser we recommend that you download and install Google’s Noto Sans CJK fonts.

On Debian-based systems you do this with the following command:

sudo apt-get install -y fonts-noto-cjk

There are similar packages available for other distributions also.

Installing

Once downloaded, open up a terminal window and run the install script.

sudo ./chinese-text-analyser-0.99.17-install.sh

By default Chinese Text Analyser is installed to /opt/ChineseTextAnalyser, so you will need to run the script using sudo.

You can change this install location by using the --install-path parameter of the script, and if you are installing it to a directory that you have write permissions for then you do not need to run it with sudo.

./chinese-text-analyser-0.99.17-install.sh --install-path ~/cta

Free Trial

Chinese Text Analyser comes with a 14-day free trial. If you wish to continue using the program after that, you will need to purchase a licence.

Licenses can be purchased from the main website, and are valid for any computer where you are the primary user.

Registration

After you purchase a licence for Chinese Text Analyser you will be sent an email containing a licence file as an attachment.

To register your copy of Chinese Text Analyser:

  1. Save your licence file to a location on your computer (e.g. your desktop).

  2. Launch Chinese Text Analyser, and click the Enter Licence button.

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  3. Click the Browse button and select the licence file you previously saved from your email.

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  4. You will be shown the licence details, and you should click Register to complete your registration.

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    Note

    If you select your licence file but the Register button is disabled or there is a message saying the licence is invalid, please contact support.

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It is now safe to delete the licence file you saved on your computer. Chinese Text Analyser will keep its own internal copy.

You can have your licence file re-sent to you at any time by visiting the support page of the Chinese Text Analyser website.

Welcome Dialog

The first time you run Chinese Text Analyser you will be presented with a welcome dialog that allows you import lists of words you already know, either from a file, or based on a specific HSK level.

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To learn more about importing words, see Importing Words