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  • If the folder does not exist, by default created at Charon installation, create it and copy the tar file in this directory. In the example below, we assume the tar file was downloaded in the /charon folder:

    # mkdir -p /opt/charon/utils
    # cp /charon/charon_linux_toolkit.V1.5455.tar /opt/charon/utils

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  • Extract the files from the tar file to the Charon installation directory, subdirectory ‘utils’

    # cd /opt/charon/utils
    # tar –xf charon_linux_toolkit.V1.5455.tar

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  • Execute the installation script:

    # ./menusetup

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  • The setup will check first your terminal settings, if set to VT100 you will not be able to continue until you set the TERM value to VT200, dtterm or xterm (see how to here: Configuration)

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  • The 'menu', 'logtail', 'logview', 'vmlist', 'vmstart', 'vmstop', 'vmconsole' and 'vmlistvmcfg' aliases will be created. They will be the commands you'll use to access the menu or to view and manage virtual machines states and log filesusing command lines.


  • Preferences can be defined during the setup or later, they are related to the default editors used with text and graphical user interfaces, Out Of Memory (OOM) Killer settings and continuous log view when starting a guest (virtual machine)

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  • read the release notes available here: CHARON Charon Linux Toolkit - Current version
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  • copy and extract the files from the tar file to the CHARON installation directory, subdirectory ‘utils'

    # cd /opt/charon/utils
    # tar –xf charon_linux_toolkit.V1.5455.tar

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  • To install newly defined aliases (logtail, logview, vmlist, ...), please run the following command:

    # cd /opt/charon/utils (if not already done)
    # ./menusetup -a

    then either logout or execute the following command for the changes to take effect:

    # . /etc/profile.d/charon_menu.sh

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