Installation tucan series Linux (Dongle)

All programs of tucan are protected with an USB-Dongle or the primary MAC-address of a computer as HostID, exceptional the gratis viewer tucan view. The non-commercial versions (Educational Version, Student Version, Demo Version) always are protected with a MAC-address. You can find information about these versions protected with MAC-address for example in Installation tucan series Linux (MAC). The text below describes the installation process of versions protected with dongle.

To install with Linux you need one of the following installation packages:

  • tucan design (tucan_design-x.x-6.i586.rpm).
  • tucan view+ (tucan_view_plus-x.x-6.i586.rpm).

Please do not use any other installation package to activate tucan with a dongle.

"x.x" is a placeholder for the revision, e.g. "7.1". Within our area download the current version is available at all times. You can reach the installation package for Linux with Installation package tucan Linux.

Please install as described within:

During the installation process also a WIBU driver will be installed. That is necessary to ask the dongle.

The software is executable with a license file generated for the dongle and this dongle connected only. Please connect the dongle onto an USB socket.

Please note that different revisions of the software possibly need different license files. Please copy the license file after tucan was installed into the subdirectory "licensing" within the installation directory of tucan. The license file has to be named with "licensefile.xml" or "licensefile_computername.xml". Please pay attention to the correct diction and to upper/lower case.

You can obtain license files for non-commercial purposes within education or for a demo version for free directly from us. You can find more information in the area tucan series.

Loading view files generated by non-commercial versions tucan view displays messages about the non-commercial character of the viewed data. It is allowed to view non-commercial data for non-commercial purposes. Misuse can be prosecuted. Please note that older ones can not load models generated by newer versions. You should always install the current version. As the case may be you need a current license file, too. It is possible to install parallel different versions of the same program.

Information about potential annoyances you can find in trouble-shooting.