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Version: 2.8

3 Installation and Settings​

Installation​

Standard, Premium and Enterprise Installation​

3.1 Trial – Linux RPM​

I.e. RedHat, CentOS, Fedora, Oracle Linux.

For CentOS 8 firstly install required packages from powertools repo:

sudo dnf -y install dnf-plugins-core
sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled powertools
sudo dnf install --enablerepo=powertools snappy-devel

Get the package for your OS from https://www.evltool.com/downloads and

tar xvf evl-qvd-utils-trial.*.rpm.tar
sudo dnf install ./evl-utils-2.8*.noarch.rpm
sudo dnf install ./evl-tool-2.8*.x86_64.rpm
sudo dnf install ./evl-qvd-utils-2.8*.x86_64.rpm

Then to initiate the installation for current user by

/opt/evl/bin/evl --init

3.2 Trial – Linux DEB​

I.e. Ubuntu, Debian, etc.

Get the package from https://www.evltool.com/downloads and

tar xvf evl-qvd-utils-trial.ubuntu.*.deb.tar
sudo apt install ./evl-utils_2.8*_all.deb
sudo apt install ./evl-tool_2.8*_amd64.deb
sudo apt install ./evl-qvd-utils_2.8*_amd64.deb

Then initiate the installation for current user by

/opt/evl/bin/evl --init

3.3 Trial – Windows​

Get the zip package from https://www.evltool.com/downloads and unzip it into some folder.

For simple graphical user interface run qvd-utils.ps1 in PowerShell.

There are also PowerShell scripts csv2qvd.ps1 and qvd2csv.ps1 to run conversions programatically from command line.

3.4 Standard, Premium and Enterprise Installation​

After purchase appropriate version, a key file is available at https://www.evltool.com/downloads. Just place this key file:

  • on Linux systems as

    /opt/evl/etc/evl_license_key

  • on Windows system just (re)place the key file as

    QVD-Utils-Windows/libexec/evl_license_key

    in the folder where the zip with QVD Utils was unzipped.

There is also possibility to set up RPM repository to get the latest version by regular system updates:

sudo dnf update

just ask support@evltool.com for details.