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This chapter provides instructions for installing the WAE Design GUI. You additionally need to install the WAE Design license and if applicable, install the floating license server.
The installation process does not install any drivers or require any changes to the operating system. You can download and install the files to any folder or directory.
Step 1 Download the Cisco WAE Planning software package from the Cisco download site.
Step 2 Extract the files in a location of your choice.
Step 3 Install and verify the license. See License Installation .
An installer is an executable that runs a script to install the software in the proper locations. Although multiple packages are installed, they are used only if you have a license for them.
The installer performs the following tasks:
– Whether the device has the appropriate system requirements, including proper operating system, disk space, total memory, and required software packages.
If the installer sees that you do not have the appropriate system requirements, it either exits, gives a warning, or prompts you whether to continue. Since the installer might be checking for more than what your specific requirements are, you can press “y” to attempt to continue.
– Whether there are existing package installations; if there are, they are preserved.
/opt/cariden/software/mate
. If you did not use the default directory, the path is <installation_directory> software/mate
. It also creates the /opt/cariden/software/mate/current
symbolic link to the most recently installed package. Throughout the documentation, this is referenced as $CARIDEN_HOME
. – For executables, the WAE user has read, write, and execute permissions. Users listed in /etc/group
have read and execute permissions. All others have read-only permissions.
– For non-executables, only the WAE user has read and write permissions. All other users have read-only permissions.
Step 1 Log in to the server as a user with sudo privileges.
Step 2 Go to the directory where you downloaded the software, extract the.zip file, and execute the installer as root using a bash command. The software package is the installer that automates the installation process.
The process verifies the integrity of the installation using checksums. If a checksum fails, error messages appear and the installation process ends.
Step 3 When prompted, enter the following information.
Step 4 Install and verify the license. See License Installation .
To start WAE Design from the directory in which the WAE Design software is installed, do one of the following:
(Optional) On Windows, you can associate the plan file using the.pln format with the wae_design executable. Double-clicking a.pln file opens the plan in a new instance of the GUI.