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  • Upgrading to this Charon-PAR from an older version requires a license update (independent of license type used). Please contact your VAR or Stromasys representative to plan the update.
  • Applicable to HASP licenses only: Charon-PAR version 3.0 and higher is incompatible with licenses of earlier versions. Earlier product versions are incompatible with licenses for Charon-PAR 3.0 and higher. Charon-PAR/PA3 licenses for version 3.0 are not backward compatible for emulators running with version 2.x.

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$ sh charon-par-3.0.11-22700-54a67939.el8.sh
Verifying archive integrity...  100%   MD5 checksums are OK. All good.
Uncompressing Stromasys product packages installer  100%  
End User License Agreement for : STROMASYS SOFTWARE.

NOTICE TO USER ("LICENSEE", “YOU” or “YOUR”): THIS AGREEMENT GOVERNS

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Please confirm EULA (yes/no) > yes
EULA accepted
gpg: AES256.CFB encrypted data
gpg: encrypted with 1 passphrase

$ ls charon-par-3.0.11-22700-54a67939
aksusbd-7.63-1.i386.rpm
aksusbd-8.13-1.x86_64.rpm
Charon_Idle_0.02.depot
charon-license-1.2.0-1.x86_64.rpm
charon-license-certs-1.2.0-1.x86_64.rpm
charon-license-hasp-1.2.0-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
charon-mtd-4.11-20406.el8.x86_64.rpm
charon-par-3.0.11-22700.54a67939.el8.x86_64.rpm
charon-par-debuginfo-3.0.11-22700.54a67939.el8.x86_64.rpm
EULA.txt
xhpterm-free-3.0.11-22700.54a67939.el8.x86_64.rpm
xhpterm-free-debuginfo-3.0.11-22700.54a67939.el8.x86_64.rpm


Please note that gzip, md5sum, cksum, gpg, tar, and openssl are required to successfully unpack the RPMs.

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The following table lists the installation packages available in the archives. The placeholder <version> denotes the

Placeholders:

  • <version> - version of the package

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  • , e.g. 3.0.11-22700.54a67939
  • <linux-version> - major version of the Linux host operating system, i.e., el7, el8, or el9
parel8 emulator executable, template configuration files for the different supported hardware models, PuTTY configurations, etc. for Linux 8.x systems.charon-par-<version>.el9.charon-mtd-<version>.el7 tape utility for Linux 7.x
PackageDescription
Charon-PAR legal end-user license agreement
charon-license-<version>.x86_64.rpmMandatory package. End-user license agreement text will be installed in /opt/charon/doc.
Sentinel runtime environment and utilities. Required for licensing the Charon-PAR software using Sentinel HASP licenses.
aksusbd-7.63-1.i386.rpm32-bit package for CentOS/RHEL/Oracle Linux 7.x; requires 32-bit glibc package
aksusbd-8.13-1.x86_64.rpm64-bit package for RHEL 7.7 and higher; RHEL/CentOS/Oracle/Rocky LInux 8. (see also https://docs.sentinel.thalesgroup.com/ldk/LDKdocs/rte/linux-rh-suse-centos.html)
charon-license-hasp-<version>.el8<linux-version>.x86_64.rpmHASP license management utilities and libraries.
Charon-PAR emulator
charon-par-<version>.el7<linux-version>.x86_64.rpmCharon-PAR emulator executable, template configuration files for the different supported hardware models, PuTTY configurations, etc. for Linux 7.x systems.
Charon-PAR utilities
charon-mtd-<version>.<linux-version>.x86_64.rpmCharon-PAR tape utility for Linux
xhpterm-free-<version>.<linux-version>.x86_64.rpmCharon-PAR emulator executable, template configuration files for the different supported hardware models, PuTTY configurations, etc. for Linux 9.x systems.
Charon-PAR utilities
Terminal emulation for block mode applications
Additional Packages
charon-license-certs-<version>.x86_64.rpmSample certificates for the new custom certificate feature of the VE license server. Support planned for Charon-PAR
charon-mtd-<version>.el8.x86_64.rpmCharon-PAR tape utility for Linux 8.x
charon-mtd-<version>.el90.x86_64.rpmCharon-PAR tape utility for Linux 9.x
xhpterm-free-<version>.el7.x86_64.rpmTerminal emulation for block mode applications (Linux 7.x)
xhpterm-free-<version>.el8.x86_64.rpmTerminal emulation for block mode applications (Linux 8.x)
xhpterm-free-<version>.el9.x86_64.rpmTerminal emulation for block mode applications (Linux 9.x)
Additional Packages
charon-license-certs-<version>.x86_64.rpmSample certificates for the new custom certificate feature of the VE license server. Support planned for Charon-PAR 3.0.11 and later.
Charon_Idle_0.02.depotOptional HP-UX package to enable the power save feature in HP-UX running in an emulator.
debuginfo packagesOnly to be used for troubleshooting purposes if requested to do so by Stromasys support.

Please note: the VE license server RPM package is not part of the Charon-PAR set of RPM packages. Stromasys or your Stromasys VAR will provide you with the software or a download link. Prepackaged cloud marketplace images include the VE license server RPM (in /charon/storage).

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Charon-PAR Versions 3.0.9 and Older

The following table lists the available installation packages. The placeholder <version> denotes the version of the package.
Support for RHEL 9.x and derivatives was added in Charon-PAR version 3.0.8.

PackageDescription
Sentinel runtime environment. Required for licensing the Charon-PAR software using Sentinel HASP licenses.
aksusbd-7.63-1.i386.rpm32-bit package for CentOS/RHEL/Oracle Linux 7.x; requires 32-bit glibc package
aksusbd-8.13-1.x86_64.rpm64-bit package for RHEL 7.7 and higher; RHEL/CentOS/Oracle/Rocky LInux 8. (see also https://docs.sentinel.thalesgroup.com/ldk/LDKdocs/rte/linux-rh-suse-centos.html)
Charon-PAR emulator
charon-par-<version>.el7.x86_64.rpmCharon-PAR emulator executable, template configuration files for the different supported hardware models, PuTTY configurations, etc. for Linux 7.x systems.
charon-par-<version>.el8.x86_64.rpmCharon-PAR emulator executable, template configuration files for the different supported hardware models, PuTTY configurations, etc. for Linux 8.x systems.
charon-par-<version>.el9.x86_64.rpmCharon-PAR emulator executable, template configuration files for the different supported hardware models, PuTTY configurations, etc. for Linux 9.x systems.
Charon-PAR utilities
charon-mtd-<version>.el7.x86_64.rpmCharon-PAR tape utility for Linux 7.x
charon-mtd-<version>.el8.x86_64.rpmCharon-PAR tape utility for Linux 8.x
charon-mtd-<version>.el903.0.11 and later.
Charon_Idle_0.02.depotOptional HP-UX package to enable the power save feature in HP-UX running in an emulator.

Please note: the VE license server RPM package is not part of the Charon-PAR set of RPM packages. Stromasys or your Stromasys VAR will provide you with the software or a download link. Prepackaged cloud marketplace images include the VE license server RPM (in /charon/storage).

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Charon-PAR Versions 3.0.9 and Older

The following table lists the available installation packages.
Support for RHEL 9.x and derivatives was added in Charon-PAR version 3.0.8.

Placeholders:

  • <version> - version of the package
  • <linux-version> - major version of the Linux host operating system, i.e., el7, el8, or el9
Terminal emulation for block mode applications (Linux 8.x)
PackageDescription
Sentinel runtime environment. Required for licensing the Charon-PAR software using Sentinel HASP licenses.
aksusbd-7.63-1.i386.rpm32-bit package for CentOS/RHEL/Oracle Linux 7.x; requires 32-bit glibc package
aksusbd-8.13-1.x86_64.rpm64-bit package for RHEL 7.7 and higher; RHEL/CentOS/Oracle/Rocky LInux 8. (see also https://docs.sentinel.thalesgroup.com/ldk/LDKdocs/rte/linux-rh-suse-centos.html)
Charon-PAR emulator
charon-par-<version>.<linux-version>.x86_64.rpmCharon-PAR tape utility for Linux 9.x
xhpterm-free-<version>.el7.x86_64.rpmTerminal emulation for block mode applications (Linux 7.x)
xhpterm-free-<version>.el8emulator executable, template configuration files for the different supported hardware models, PuTTY configurations, etc.
Charon-PAR utilities
charon-mtd-<version>.<linux-version>.x86_64.rpmCharon-PAR tape utility for Linux
xhpterm-free-<version>.el9<linux-version>.x86_64.rpmTerminal emulation for block mode applications (Linux 9.x)
Additional Packages
Charon_Idle_0.02.depotOptional HP-UX package to enable the power save feature in HP-UX running in an emulator.

Please note: the VE license server RPM package is not part of the Charon-PAR set of RPM packages. Stromasys or your Stromasys VAR will provide you with the software or a download link. Prepackaged cloud marketplace images include the VE license server RPM (in /charon/storage).

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  • For the installation of a Charon-PAR/PA3 emulated system, a preinstalled MPE/iX 7.5 disk image (mpe75a.dsk.bz2) is required. This will be provided by Stromasys on demand.
  • For the installation of a Charon-PAR/PA9 emulated system, a HP-UX ISO is required. It must be provided by the customer.
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Charon-PAR RPM Installation Command Overview

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