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This section describes how to upgrade the Charon-PAR software to a new version. It covers the following points:
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Please note:
- Upgrading to this Charon-PAR from an older version requires a license update. Please contact your VAR or Stromasys representative to plan the update.
- Charon-PAR version 3.0.0 and higher is incompatible with licenses of earlier versions. Earlier product versions are incompatible with licenses for Charon-PAR 3.0.0 and higher. Charon-PAR licenses of version 2.1.0 are not compatible with emulators running Charon-PAR version 2.0.0.
Charon-PAR Software Packages Overview
Charon-PAR is provided as a set of rpm-packages.
The following table lists the required installation packages (the placeholder <version> denotes the version of the package):
Package | Description |
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| aksusbd-<version>.i386.rpm | Sentinel runtime environment. Required for licensing the Charon-PAR software |
| charon-mtd-<version>.el7.x86_64.rpm | Charon-PAR tape utility |
| charon-par-<version>.el7.x86_64.rpm | Charon-PAR emulator executable, template configuration files for different supported hardware models, etc.; for Linux 7.x |
| charon-par-<version>.el8.x86_64.rpm | Charon-PAR emulator executable, template configuration files for different supported hardware models, etc.; for Linux 8.x |
Obtaining the Charon-PAR software:
The software can be downloaded from the Stromasys fileserver. If required, please contact your Stromasys representative or your Stromasys VAR. They will provide the download information or the software packages to you.
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Upgrade Commands Overview
The following table provides an overview of the upgrade commands for the supported host operating systems. For details, please refer to the relevant man-pages on Linux. The table only lists command-line options for Linux. There are also graphical tools. To describe all of them is outside the scope of this document.
Upgrade Options | Description |
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| Package manager (uses repositories, takes care of dependencies, etc.) |
On Linux 8.x replace yum with dnf. |
| Command to upgrade individual local packages | # rpm -U </path/to/package> |
Upgrading the Charon-PAR Software
To install the Charon-PAR packages perform the following steps:
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| 1 | Log in as the privileged user on the system ("root"). | |
| 2 | Go to the directory in which the rpm packages were stored. | # |
| 3 | Update the Charon-PAR packages. |
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