Installing Xentara

Table of Contents

• Installing Xentara
  • Linux
  • Windows
• Installing the Model File
• Starting Xentara Automatically
  • Linux
  • Windows

Installing Xentara

Linux

See also

The Debian package management tools in the The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ at www.debian.org

Under Linux, Xentara uses the Debian package manager. Xentara, as well as all relevant plugins, are distributed as debian packages with the extension .deb. Use the dpkg utility to install the packages as follows:

sudo dpkg -i path/to/xentara-package.deb

Note

The user executing this command will need special privileges to be able to use sudo . This is usually accomplished by adding the user to the sudo user group. This can only be done by the root user, or by another user that already has sudo access.

The name of the package file has a specific format prescribed by the Debian package manager. The format of the name is product_version_arch.deb, where product is the name of the product, version is the version number of the product, and arch is the architecture of the system. The package file vor version 1.0.0 of Xentara for 64-bit ARM platforms, would be xentara_1.0.0_arm64.deb, for example.

Xentara supports the following Debian architectures:

amd64

64 bit x86 systems (Intel/AMD)

arm64

64 bit ARM systems (ARMv8-A with AArch64)

armhf

32 bit ARM system with harware floating point support (ARMv7-A with VFPv3)

man pages

dpkg(1)

Windows

See also

Windows Installer in the Windows technical documentation at docs.microsoft.com

Under Windows, Xentara uses the built-in Windows Installer system. Xentara, as well as all relevant plugins, are distributed as Windows Installer packages with the extension .msi. Double-click the installer package file to install Xentara.

The installer places a shortcut to Xentara into the Windows Start menu. This shortcut will start Xentara without command line options, loading the model file (see below) from the default location. The installer also places a shortcut to the Xentara licence ID generation tool into the Start menu.

Installing the Model File

See also

The Xentara Model File

Xentara requires a model file to run. The model file is a system specific file, ususally called “model.json”, that describes the specific way in which Xentara should operate on this particular system. The model file should be placed into one of the locations described in Location of the Model File.

Starting Xentara Automatically

Linux

See also

systemd Service (Linux only)

Under Linux, Xentara can be started using the systemd System and Service Manager. See systemd Service for details on how to configure the Xentara systemd service.

You can also use a different mechanism of your choice to start Xentara by instructing it to start /usr/bin/xentara.

Windows

See also

Task Scheduler for developers in the Windows technical documentation at docs.microsoft.com

Under Windows, you can use built-in Windows Task Scheduler to start Xentara. You can schedule a task to run Xentara.exe at system start, or at any other time. The application Xentara.exe is located in the App sub directory in the Xentara installation directory.

You can also place a shortcut to Xentara.exe into the Windows Startup folder. To open the Startup folder, type shell:startup in the address bar of a Windows Explorer window. Placing a shortcut into this folder will start the corresponding application whenever the user logs in.

You can also use any other mechanism of your choice to start Xentara by instructing it to run Xentara.exe.