Software Upgrade Considerations
This section contains information that is helpful when you are upgrading from a previous release of Arbortext Editor. Review it before proceeding with the installation of your software, particularly if you have any customizations that need to be migrated to the new release.
Upgrading from a Previous Release
• You need a new license if you are upgrading to a .0.0 release. Refer to
Obtaining Licenses for information.
• If you are currently running the 8.1 or earlier release of Arbortext Editor, then installing the 8.2.0.0 release cannot upgrade the existing release on your system. If you no longer want to have the earlier release on your system, you must uninstall that release.
• If you will be running both the 8.2.0.0 release of Arbortext Editor and the 8.1 or earlier release, install the new release in a different directory from your current release.
• You may have customized files from previous installations located in different directories. If you want to maintain custom files, you need to save them in a temporary location for evaluation after you upgrade. For example, you may have files with specific configuration settings that you will want to use to update the new configuration files. Be sure to copy your custom files to a temporary location so they will be available after you upgrade.
If your current
Arbortext Editor installation does not include customizations that need to be migrated to the new release, you can proceed to the installation and licensing section that is appropriate to your site. After you have successfully installed the new release, you will need to perform the post-installation upgrade tasks described in
Post-installation upgrade tasks.