jurymatic

The optimal solution for creating jury booklets for events of the European Youth Parliament

Installation

If you like watching video tutorials, you can have a look at this playlist of videos on how to use jurymatic. If you're not into that, here's the quick rundown.

macOS

1. Download and install Python 3.7.0 or newer from the official Python website.
2. Download the latest release of jurymatic from the releases section.
3. Unpack it and open the folder it contains.
4. Right-click on install.command and click Open.
5. Click Open again, indicating that you trust the source of the file.
6. Follow the steps on the screen. Enter your computer's password when asked.
7. Follow the steps described in the usage section to start jurymatic.

Linux

Any popular Linux distribution should be fine. Ubuntu 18.04 was used for the following step-by-step installation.

1. Download the latest release of jurymatic from the releases section.
2. Unpack it and open the folder it contains. If you are using the standard file browser with Ubuntu 18.04, right-click anywhere in the folder and select Open in Terminal. Alternatively, open a Terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and navigate into the folder. Make sure you are in the root directory of the project.
3. Install any potentially missing dependency by executing the following command: sudo apt-get install libtiff5-dev libjpeg8-dev zlib1g-dev libfreetype6-dev liblcms2-dev libwebp-dev tcl8.6-dev tk8.6-dev python3-minimal
4. Start installation by executing ./install.command
5. Follow the steps on the screen. Enter sudo password when asked.
6. Follow the steps described in the usage section to start jurymatic.

If you encounter issues during installation, make sure at least the libjpeg and zlib requirements for pillow are satisfied for your distribution.

Windows

Note: Any time you open one of the files of jurymatic Windows might inform you, that it did not run the file in order to protect you. However, this will prevent the usage of jurymatic. In order to use jurymatic you need to click More information and then Run anyway.

1. Download the latest release of jurymatic from the releases section.
2. Unpack it and open the folder it contains.
3. jurymatic requires both PowerShell (version 3.0 or newer) and Python 3 to work on Windows. Since neither are part of a standard installation, you have to install the software manually before using jurymatic. To make this as easy as possible, you can double-click the included file install-prerequisites.bat, if your standard browser is Internet Explorer or Edge. If your default browser is not Internet Explorer or Edge please copy and paste the following URL into either manually: http://boxstarter.org/package/nr/dotnet4.5.1,powershell,python3 You might have to confirm the installation and enter your (Administrator's) password. After the script has finished, restart your computer.
4. Double-click on install.bat.
5. Allow the program to be executed despite security warnings when asked.
6. Follow the steps described in the usage section to start jurymatic.

Usage

After you're done installing the program, you can easily start jurymatic each time you need it. All data will be saved so you can easily add or change data.

macOS: Right-click start.command, select Open twice and jurymatic will start.

Windows: Double-click on start.bat

Linux: Execute ./start.command in the root directory of the project.

To quit jurymatic after using it, just close the window called Terminal (macOS, Linux) or cmd (Windows). Your changes are saved automatically.

Video Tutorials

If you'd like to watch videos to understand how to use jurymatic, you can do so here on YouTube.