Installing the Platform Assistant on Linux
Go Up to PAServer, the Platform Assistant Server Application
You need to install the Platform Assistant on Linux to build and deploy Linux applications. PAServer enables you to use the Deployment Manager, import the Linux SDK, and perform remote debugging on a Linux system.
The installer for the Linux Platform is LinuxPAServer19.0.tar.gz
, and it is located in the PAServer
folder inside the RAD Studio installation directory:
C:\Program Files\Embarcadero\RADStudio\19.0\PAServer\LinuxPAServer19.0.tar.gz
.
Alternatively, you can download the PAServer
installer from the internet:
- RAD Studio Tokyo (10.2):
- RAD Studio Tokyo Release 3 (10.2.3):
To install the Platform Assistant on Linux
- Copy the
LinuxPAServer19.0.tar.gz
file from the location above to a local directory on your Linux machine. - Open the Terminal.
- In the Terminal, go to the local directory where the
LinuxPAServer19.0.tar.gz
file is located. - Unpack the
LinuxPAServer19.0.tar.gz
file with the following command:tar –xvf LinuxPAServer19.0.tar.gz
. - The PAServer-19.0 subdirectory is created. Here you can find all Platform Assistant binaries for the Linux platform.
The Platform Assistant is installed and you can run the Platform Assistant.
To uninstall the Platform Assistant on Linux
- Note: You do not need to uninstall a previous version of the Platform Assistant to install a newer version. Different versions of the Platform Assistant can coexist and run on your system as long as you use a different port on each running instance.
To uninstall the Platform Assistant, delete the PAServer-19.0 directory where you unpacked the .tar.gz
file.