How to install
This page is written for someone who has never installed a program outside a store. Nothing here requires any technical knowledge. Find your system below and follow the steps in order.
Before you begin#
- Download the file only from this site. A copy from anywhere else is a copy you cannot check.
- Close nothing, prepare nothing. Installation takes a minute.
- If you want to make sure the file arrived intact, see Check the file at the bottom of this page. It is optional.
Windows#
You will see a blue window that says "Windows protected your PC". It appears for every program without a paid certificate. Here is the way through it.
- Download the file for Windows
Use the Windows button at the top of the home page. Your browser saves the file, usually into the Downloads folder.
- Open the downloaded file
Double-click it. Your browser may ask first whether you really want to keep this file — answer that you do.
- A blue window appears: "Windows protected your PC"
Do not press the "Don't run" button. There is a small link in that window.
- Press "More info"
It is written in small letters under the message. The window grows, and a new button appears at the bottom.
- Press "Run anyway"
That is the button that was hidden. The installation starts.
- Follow the installer
Agree to the usual questions about where to put the program. When it finishes, EMAPKA is in your Start menu.
macOS#
macOS will say that the developer cannot be verified. The way through is in System Settings, and it takes two clicks.
- Download the file for macOS
Use the macOS button at the top of the home page. A file ending in
.dmglands in your Downloads folder. - Open the downloaded file and drag EMAPKA into Applications
A window opens with the EMAPKA icon and a folder called Applications. Drag one onto the other. Then close the window.
- Open EMAPKA from your Applications folder
A message appears saying the application cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified. Press OK. Nothing is broken.
- Open System Settings
The Apple menu in the top left corner, then System Settings.
- Go to Privacy & Security
In the list on the left, choose Privacy & Security, then scroll down to the section called Security.
- Press "Open Anyway"
You will see a line saying that EMAPKA was blocked. Next to it is the Open Anyway button. Press it, and confirm with your password or Touch ID.
- Confirm once more
macOS asks a last time whether you are sure. Press Open. EMAPKA starts, and from now on it opens like any other application.
Linux#
For Ubuntu and systems built on it, EMAPKA comes as a .deb package. Linux shows no warning about unknown developers — it simply asks for your password, as it does for any installation.
- Download the file for Linux
Use the Linux button at the top of the home page. A file ending in
.deblands in your Downloads folder. - Open it with your software installer
Double-click the file. Ubuntu opens it in the App Center, where there is an Install button. Enter your password when asked.
- If double-clicking does nothing, use the terminal
Open a terminal in the folder with the file and run:
sudo apt install ./EMAPKA_*.deb— apt installs the package together with anything it needs. - Start EMAPKA
It appears among your applications. On some desktops you need to log out and back in for the icon to show up.
Check the file — optional#
Next to every download this site publishes a SHA-256 checksum: a long line of letters and digits calculated from the file itself. If the file you received produces the same line, it arrived exactly as it left. This is worth doing if you are cautious; skipping it is also fine.
| System | What to type |
|---|---|
| Windows | certutil -hashfile FILENAME SHA256 in the Command Prompt |
| macOS | shasum -a 256 FILENAME in Terminal |
| Linux | sha256sum FILENAME in a terminal |
Compare the result with the line printed under the download button. They must match character for character. If they do not, delete the file and download it again from this site.
If something goes wrong#
- The file will not open at all. Download it again — a download can break halfway.
- Windows removed the file by itself. Some antivirus programs delete unsigned files without asking. Restore the file from quarantine, or allow it in your antivirus, and try again.
- macOS shows no "Open Anyway" button. Try to open EMAPKA once more from the Applications folder, then look in Privacy & Security again.
- Linux says a dependency is missing. Install through the terminal with
sudo apt install ./EMAPKA_*.deb— that pulls in the missing libraries.
Still stuck? Write to us — see Contact. Describe what you saw on the screen; that is enough.
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