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Manual Version 6 - Cadsoft

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2 Installation<br />

Use Freemium Code<br />

If you registered at http://www.element-14.com/eagle-freemium and got a<br />

Freemium code, use this option.<br />

Run as Freeware<br />

EAGLE will be licensed with the limits of the Light Edition. It's possible to<br />

upgrade to a purchased license without reinstallation at any time.<br />

Tutorial and manual in pdf file format are part of the installation and are<br />

located in the doc folder of the EAGLE installation.<br />

In case you want to uninstall EAGLE from your computer, simply delete the<br />

EAGLE entry in the the Finder's Applications folder.<br />

2.3 Updating an Older <strong>Version</strong><br />

For reasons of safety it is good practice to create a backup of your previous<br />

data before proceeding!<br />

Please read the file update.txt in the EAGLE/doc directory, in order to<br />

familiarize yourself with the changes in the new version of the program.<br />

Additional notes on installing an update may be found in the latest README<br />

files.<br />

You should follow the same procedure described in the section on New<br />

Installations on page 25. The new EAGLE release will be installed into a new<br />

folder with its sub-folders for Libraries, Script files, User Language Programs<br />

and so on.<br />

After starting EAGLE for the first time, please check the path settings in the<br />

Control Panel's Options/Directories.. menu.<br />

The path settings are taken from the EAGLE configuration file eaglerc(.usr), if<br />

existing, from a previous EAGLE version installed. Modify the settings if<br />

necessary. The variable $EAGLEDIR stands for the current EAGLE installation<br />

directory.<br />

Notes on Library Files<br />

All files from previous versions can be used with the new EAGLE version.<br />

Please check which library files are in use, and available for the ADD<br />

command. To make sure that you are working with those of the new EAGLE<br />

version you should, for example in the Schematic Editor, type the following<br />

command in the command line<br />

USE -*<br />

This removes all libraries from the buffer. Then type<br />

USE *<br />

to load all libraries of the currently given directory or other directories.<br />

The information about libraries in use is stored in the eagle.epf file of the<br />

currently active project.<br />

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