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Getting Started
Procedure 3: Install Spirent TestCenter Software
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Installation Option 2: Using the Website
If you have a Spirent Communications Support Entitlement, you can download
installation files from the Spirent Customer Service Center (CSC) website (
https://
support.spirent.com).
If you do not have Support Entitlement, contact support@spirent.com
for assistance.
Install Spirent TestCenter Applications
To install Spirent TestCenter applications on a Linux workstation, you download shell-
based installers and a documentation tarball.
Note: Refer to the Spirent TestCenter Extreme Automation™ Toolkit Release Notes for
detailed installation instructions. These release notes are available on the Customer
Service Center (CSC). Search using the document title or DOC10751.
To install Spirent TestCenter Automation:
1 Navigate to
https://support.spirent.com and then login.
First time website users, register for a login user ID and password.
2 Click the Downloads icon in the left panel menu.
3 From the Filter options, select General Release as the Release Type, and select
Spirent TestCenter from the Product Line list.
4 In the Filter by Release drop-down list, select the version to download.
5 Click the install_Spirent_TestCenter_Auto_Linux link for the version you want.
6 Click Download to save the installer.
7 Click Save in the File Download dialog box, and then use the Save As dialog to save
the file to your /home/user directory.
8 Return to the Downloads list when the download is complete.
9 Select the Spirent TestCenter documentation tarball for Linux and save it to the
/home/user directory.
10 Run the shell-based installer. For example,
use the following for a 64-bit OS:
./install_Spirent_TestCenter_Auto_Linux64_[x.xx].sh
11 Use tar to extract the documentation from the tarball. For example, use the following
command for a Linux file:
tar -xzvf Spirent_TestCenter_Docs_Linux_Unix[x.xx].tar.gz
12 Log off the website.
13 Set up Tcl [x.x.xx], or other automation environment, for use with Spirent TestCenter.
Setup instructions for each environment are in readme format, located in the
<Spirent_Install_Dir>/API folder with sub-directories matching the language name.
For example:
/home/user/Spirent_TestCenter_[x.xx] Spirent_TestCenter_Application_Linux/API/
Tcl