If you are downloading a newer revision of the same version of a package (ex: 02.00.05 versus 02.00.03), all of your configuration settings and licensing should remain intact.

If the version you are installing is different from the version you have licensed (ex: 6.0 versus 5.0), it will require a new license for the new version (contact Sound Ideas for upgrade pricing).

UNIX Downloads

1. Click on the appropriate link for the desired product for your UNIX operating system and specify the directory in which the downloaded file should be saved.

2. If you are moving the file from a PC to a UNIX system via floppy, use one of the following commands (substituting file.Z with the exact name of the file stored on the PC disk, and destfile.Z with the product name specified on our download webpage):

     SCO:  doscp  a:file.Z  /tmp/destfile.Z

     AIX:  dosread  file.Z  /tmp/destfile.Z

To display the files on the PC disk from UNIX to confirm exactly how the file is named on the disk, use one of the following commands:

     SCO:  dosdir  a:

     AIX:  dosdir

3. Once the downloaded file is on your UNIX system, decompress it with one of the following commands (substituting filename with the name of the downloaded file). Note that the end of the filename must either be a capital Z or a lowercase gz, depending on the file type that was downloaded:

     .Z Extension:  compress  -d  /tmp/filename.Z

     .gz Extension:  gunzip  /tmp/filename.gz

Note that the name of the file is no longer followed by .Z or .gz once it is decompressed.

4. Make the file executable by typing:  chmod  755  /tmp/filename

5. Execute the downloaded file by typing:  /tmp/filename

This will extract temporary files and will execute the installation program. Note that installation of this software on a system which already has the package installed will not affect any existing data or settings, it will just update the programs.