User Guide

InstallingtheTGZArchive:
Createanewdirectoryonyoursystem(e.g. /opt/eagle):
mkdir/opt/eagle
cd/opt/eagle
Use tar toextractthearchive:
tarxvzf/cdrom/english/linux/install/eagle4.xxe.tgz
Changeintothedirectorythathasjustbeenextractedfromthearchive:
cd/opt/eagle/eagle-4.xxe
Runtheinstallationscript:
./install
Enterthecommand
bin/eagle
to invoke the product registration (you need to have write access
to that
directoryfordoingthis!).
Usage
TouseEAGLEyoushouldcreateaworkingdirectory
mkdir/home/username/eagle
changeintothatdirectory
cd/home/username/eagle
andstarttheprogram
eagle
2.3 UpdatinganOlderVersion
Follow the same procedure described in the section on New Installations
on page 15. Please read the file update.txt in the EAGLE directory, in or
-
der to familiarize yourself with the changes in the new version of the
program. Additional notes on installing an update may be found in the
latest README files.
For reasons of safety it is good practice to create a backup of your previous
databeforeproceeding!
Files from earlier versions can be used directly with the current one. In case
the files were made with a version prior to EAGLE 2.60 you have to con
-
vert them with a program named Update26.exe. Detailed information
aboutthiscanbefoundonpage 243.
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Installation