On Linux/Unix platforms after downloading the Installer you must make it executable, by opening a shell, going into the downloads directory (via cd) and running the command chmod +x, for example:

chmod +x CERTivity-unix-1.0.sh

Then you start the installer either from a file manager or from the command line by running the above executable script in the same directory, for example:

./CERTivity-unix-1.0.sh

The Installer will guide you through the necessary steps for having CERTivity installed. The default installation directory and other links are containing the version of the product in them. We strongly recommend to keep this naming convention. Default Installation directory examples are given below:

As stated in the previous section, if the Java version that we recommend is not detected, the Installer will present a warning dialog, continuing the installation. After the installation finishes, we advise you to install the standard JRE (recommended 1.7) and configure CERTivity to use that standard JRE according to the above section.

After the installation, when you first run CERTivity, you will be asked to activate it either for your trial or for your purchased license. Make sure you correctly point to your license file, then press Install.

A Commercial License for a CERTivity version is valid for all the minor versions. For example, if you purchased CERTivity 1.0, installed and registered it you will also be able to install and run CERTivity 1.3 on the same machine, without the need of requesting or registering another license file. So the above dialog will not appear in such a case if you use the same machine.

If you have a trial license you can register a commercial license without the need to uninstall the existent version. Use the menu Help > License > Install License Key to change the license to the one that you purchased. In the same way, without uninstalling, you can switch from a Standard to a Professional License activating all the features.

CERTivity can be started either from the Start Menu / Desktop shortcuts or directly using the applications startup launchers from the installation base directory bin/certivity.exe on Windows system, bin/certivity on the rest of the systems. This later option is the only one available if you installed CERTivity using a plain archive.

The CERTivity application settings are stored outside the application directory under the EduLib/.certivity/<version> sub-directory, located under the platform dependent user home directory. The settings are accessible through Tools>Options panel as described in the section called “Tools Menu”. From this panel you can export the settings values from the old version into the new application version via an intermediary archive file. That is the recommended way.

The CERTivity application is also producing log files in the same user location. Its exact sub-path under the platform dependent user home directory is (.)EduLib/.certivity/<version>/var/log/ . The last 3 application runs are logged in messages.log, messages.log.1 and messages.log.2. The exact path is dependent on the target OS, for example:

The Log level can be configured from the Application Options accessible through Tools>Options panel as described in the section called “Tools Menu”, via the option Log level which comes with the default value of INFO.

Multiple CERTivity versions can be run on the same machine, each one being independent of the other. This is the normal process for upgrades. Each application version has its own installation directory, its own Start Menu links, its own settings.

The CERTivity application settings are accessible through Tools>Options panel as described in the section called “Tools Menu”. From this panel you can export the settings values from the old version into the new application version via an intermediary archive file. We recommend that after installing the new version and becoming familiar with it, you uninstall the previous version.

It is possible as a repairing process to install the same CERTivity version overwriting the previous installation.