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The information on this page refers to License Statistics v6.17 21 or newer, which changed the License Statistics installation procedure for Linuxremoved the lacutil tool. If you are running a previous version of License Statistics, see see documentation for previous versions.

This section describes the installation procedure for Linux using the DEB platforms, including Ubuntu installer, which is recommended for use with Ubuntu and Debian distributions.

Note

Administrator privileges are required for installation.

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  1. Download the License Statistics installation from the License Statistics download page.
  2. Run the installer from a command line:

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    sudo dpkg -i {deb_file}

    For example:

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    sudo dpkg -i xflicstat_6.17.0-1_amd64.deb


File structure

Files related to the DEB installation are located in the following directories.

FileDescription
/opt/xflicstatApplication files
/var/opt/xflicstatUser files, including
license,
logs
,
and stored data
/etc/default/xflicstatPackage parameters
/usr/share/doc/xflicstat Package documentation

Configuration

Configure the installation using the configuration file:

/opt/xflicstat/conf/xflicstat.cfg

Activating the license

License files must be be placed in /var/opt/xflicstat/license directory.

  1. Go to the directory:
    /var/opt/xflicstat/license
  2. Run the lacutil xflicstat-cli tool:
    /opt/xflicstat/bin/lacutil xflicstat-cli license activate -act_key {activation_key}

You may also use an alternative activation method, as described in https://docs.x-formation.com/display/LICSTAT/Activating + a + License + Statistics + license.Image Removed

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Starting the service

  1. Start the service from a command line:

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    sudo service xflicstat start


  2. Access License Statistics in the browser:

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    {hostname}:80

Stopping the service

Stop the service from a command line:

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sudo service xflicstat stop

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Removing the service

  1. Uninstall the service, but keep user and configuration files for future usage:

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    sudo dpkg -r xflicstat


  2. Uninstall all licstat License Statistics files (prune) including user and configuration files:

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    sudo dpkg -P xflicstat


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Updating the service

To update the service (introduced as of v6.17):

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