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[![download zip button][2]][1]
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1c) **Move** the zip file from your **Downloads** folder to the **TKPSource** folder.
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1c) **Move** the zip file from your **Downloads** folder to the **TKPSource** folder. The name of the downloaded file is 'TeachingkidsProgramming.Java-master.zip'.
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1d) **Unzip** by right clicking the downloaded file and then click on 'extract all'(Win) or 'unzip'(Mac) to unzip it.
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1d) **Unzip**the downloaded file (by right clicking it) and then click on 'extract all'(Win) or 'unzip'(Mac) to unzip it.
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1e) **Open** the upzipped TKP folders and find the **'TKP_Launcher.jar'** file.
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1f) **Run** the 'TKP_Launcher.jar file by double-clicking it. Wait for it to complete. If it's successful, Eclipse will launch with the TKP workspace open. If an error MessageBox pops up, read the message and go to the **Fixing Installation Errors** section at the bottom of this document.
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1f) **Run** the 'TKP_Launcher.jar file by double-clicking it. Wait for it to run.
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If the jar file runs ok, then Eclipse will launch with the TKP workspace open.
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If an error MessageBox pops up, read the message and go to the **Fixing Installation Errors**
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section at the bottom of this document.
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A successful install should look like the screenshot below (our sample has two lines of code completed 'Tortoise.show();' which can you run to test the setup:
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## Lesson Plans ##
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You can download [Printable Lesson Plans] (https://www.penflip.com/lynnlangit/tkp-lesson-plans) to aid in teaching. We suggest the PDF format (Indexed and formatted better). These lesson plans include links to our YouTube channel, screencast videos of TKP lessons as well.
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### If Standard Install Doesn't Work ###
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### Fixing Installation Errors ###
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If the standard install doesn't work, then there are a couple of possible reasons:
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d) Failure due to **Unable to write to filesystem location(s)** -> some school districts apply various 'locking' permissions to student computer lab laptops. Try to 'run as administrator' (for Windows) or 'run as root' (for Mac) so that the downloaded TKP files can be unzipped. Another variation of this locked down state is that some schools create a virtual (and sometimes shared C:\ drive). If this is the case, unzip Eclipse to the C:\ drive and then unzip the TKP.zip to each student's C:\temp directory.
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d) Failure due to **Unable to write to file system location(s)** -> some school districts apply various 'locking' permissions to student computer lab laptops. Try to 'run as administrator' (for Windows) or 'run as root' (for Mac) so that the downloaded TKP files can be unzipped. Another variation of this locked down state is that some schools create a virtual (and sometimes shared C:\ drive). If this is the case, unzip Eclipse to the C:\ drive and then unzip the TKP.zip to each student's C:\temp directory.
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