XLingPaper Upgrade on Linux

I never remember how to upgrade XMLMind on Linux. Here are my notes on how to do it.

I follow the install directions here: http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/installing_xxe.html

Generally, the instructions follow like those below for version 8:

Make sure that the Java™ bin/ directory is referenced in the $PATH and, at the same time, check that the Java™ runtime in the $PATH has the right version:

A command like the following will show the java version number. UserName$ java -version java version “10.0.1” 2018-04-17 Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 18.3 (build 10.0.1+10) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 18.3 (build 10.0.1+10, mixed mode)

Unpack the XXE distribution inside any directory you want:

>
$ cd
$ unzip xxe-pro-8_2_0.zip
$ ls xxe-pro-8_2_0
addon/
bin/
demo/
doc/
...

XXE is intended to be used directly from the xxe-pro-8_2_0/ directory. That is, you can start XXE by simply executing:

$ xxe-pro-8_2_0/bin/xxe &

I can never remember what to do next. Here is the solution:

On my system xxe & is sym-linked to the version that I want to be primary. This is done in /usr/local/bin

So then there is a script in /usr/local/bin which points back to the application (I don’t really know as I didn’t write it), but the point is that the symlink needs to be adjusted and can be adjusted with a combination of these tips:

Find out which version of xxe the item in local/bin is pointed at with the following command: ls -l xxe Then if you want to adjust the versions one needs to over write the existing symlink. Or create a new one. In my case I changed xxe to xxe7.

Note Do not adjust ~/.bash_profile as that will only mess things up

I did this once with export $PATH=/absolute/path/to/xxe/and then my machine couldn’t find /usr/local/bin any more.

If one wants an xxe command then use that, but for me so that I don’t have to update the command all the time I use xxe7 for XMLMind version 7 and xxe8 and so forth.

then symlink like so: cd /usr/local/bin

/usr/local/bin$ sudo ln -s /home/username/path/to/XMLMind/xxe-version-folder/bin/xxe /usr/local/bin/xxe8