How to get working on Windows 10?

[Lumenarius]

This software looks like it will solve our problem but we cannot figure out how to install it.

This is clearly made for professionals who know how to drive via the command line but we are artists and are trying to use it for automating a digital art projection mapping installation.

So far we have installed Java 8 from the Java.com website (it was not clear how you are supposed to install the one from https://openjdk.org/ as it is just a folder with some files in it).

When we run java -version in the command line on the Windows 10 computer we get this as an answer:

java version "1.8.0_411"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_411-b09)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 25.411-b09, mixed mode, sharing)

Is this correct?

From there we then download the latest IDE from here https://launchpad.net/sikuli/sikulix/2.0.5/+download/sikulixide-2.0.5.jar

When we try to double click this file in the download folder this is where we find an issue for no window opens and nothing happens. We made sure to check the "unblock" option in Properties -> General of the file. Same result.

Where did we go wrong and how do we get this working?

Thank you!

[x1y9]

you need java11 to run sikulix.

Not true: 2.0.5 still runs with Java 8

[RaiMan]

you should start from a command window using

java -jar path\sikulix.....jar