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This section describes how to upgrade the Charon-HPA 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-
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PAR Software Packages Overview
Charon-
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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):
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| aksusbd-<version>.i386.rpm | Sentinel runtime environment. Required for licensing the Charon- |
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| mtd-<version>.el7.x86_64.rpm |
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| Charon-PAR tape utility |
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| par-<version>.el7.x86_64.rpm | Charon- |
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| PAR emulator executable, template configuration files for different supported hardware models, etc.; for Linux 7.x | |
| charon-par-<version>.el8.x86_64.rpm | Charon- |
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| PAR emulator executable, template configuration files for different supported hardware models, etc.; for Linux 8.x |
Obtaining the Charon-
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PAR software:
The software can be downloaded from the Stromasys fileserver. If required, please contact your Stromasys representative or your Stromasys VAR
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. 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 install upgrade individual local packages | # rpm -U </path/to/package> |
Upgrading the Charon-
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PAR Software
To install the Charon-
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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- |
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