Tutorial First Step

Installation

Start off by installing the standalone Tcl/Tk version of ProB. Follow the instructions in Installation.

Starting ProB

Start ProB by double-clicking on ProBWin (for Windows users), or by launching StartProB.sh from a Terminal (for Linux and Mac users).

Mac users may also be able to launch ProB by double-clicking on StartProB.sh.

This should bring up a window as follows (on a Mac):

In case this does not work, please have a look at the output of ProB in the terminal window (on Windows a separate window will be automatically started) and send us a description of what is printed in that window along with a detailed report (which operating system do you use, which version of it, which version of ProB have you downloaded, ...). Normally, it should look as follows (on Windows):

Loading a first B machine

Use the "Open..." command in the "File" menu and then navigate to the "Examples" directory that came with your ProB installation:

Inside the samples folder, open the "Lift.mch" machine. Your main ProB window should now look as follows: