migrate license
This may be of general interest.
Suppose I need to change my linux distribution where I have installed a Ovito Pro license. What are the folders I need to keep in order to maintain the activation ID after the upgrade?
Thank you for the help.
Otello
Hi Otello,
You can keep the folder ~/.config/Ovito, but it shouldn't be necessary. You can simply deactivate the installation from within your ovito.org online account and then reenter the license key when you start up OVITO Pro again.
-Constanze
Hi Otello,
I just want to add that preserving the ~/.config/Ovito/ folder will probably not help if you perform a complete reinstall of the Linux distribution (not an upgrade). That's because the copy protection system of OVITO Pro will think that you are trying to run the software on a different computer and will regard the existing entitlement record as invalid. In this case it will require you to newly activate OVITO Pro.
As Constanze mentioned, this is generally not a problem, because you can perform as many new activations as you want - as long as you first delete the old installations in our license web interface.
In any case, preserving the ~/.config/Ovito/ folder is a good idea, because on Linux/macOS platforms it also contains your application settings, preferences and default parameters for OVITO.
-Alex
Dear all,
thanks for the clarification, that's handy. I was thinking to preserve my local ~/.ssh folder, plus the /etc/ss* folders, as this is usually what I do to maintain the network identity of the machine.
Best,
Otello 🙂
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