Installing SoftBench
Preparing for Your Installation
Choose Which Products to Install
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Choose Which Products to Install
If you do not have SoftBench 6.X installed, you need to choose which type
of SoftBench to install. SoftBench is available for C and C++. (Limited
support is also provided for FORTRAN).
In most cases, you should not choose more than one type of SoftBench.
For example, if some users on the system want to use C and others want
to use C++ and others want to use both, you can install C++ SoftBench
on the system. You can also customize each user's configuration to enable
only the programming languages that are needed (to reduce the number
of licenses you need to buy).
Note to SoftBench 5.X Users
If you have SoftBench 5.X installed on your system, here are some key
changes in SoftBench 6.X that may affect your system:
• COBOL SoftBench is no longer supported. If you install SoftBench
6.X, COBOL SoftBench will be removed from your system.
• SoftBench CM is now bundled with SoftBench. You can still use
SoftBench CM PC-Client, but you need at least one copy of SoftBench
to get the SoftBench CM server software.
• SoftBench CodeAdvisor is bundled with C++ SoftBench. It is not a
separate product.
• SoftBench SDK is bundled with C++ SoftBench. It is not a separate
product.
• SoftBench Program Editor is no longer supported.
The primary SoftBench editor is now an integration of the Xemacs
editor.
SoftBench Program Editor is no longer supported, but it is delivered
under the /opt/softbench/contrib directory. It does not support
the new project features of SoftBench. More information can be found
in /opt/softbench/contrib/doc/README.softeditsrv.