Installing trial of C and C++ Obfuscator

Installing trial of C and C++ Obfuscator is easy - just download a trial for your platform, then use it.

If you platform is Windows

just run the .exe file you've downloaded to install C and C++ Obfuscator on your computer - it will add itself to Start ⇒ Programs menu.

If your platform is Mac OS X

just unpack the .zip file to any directory you like and click on the only icon of application bundle to run it;from that location. You can safely copy the unpacked content to any directory later (though BuildScripts exported from it will stop working if you'll delete C and C++ Obfuscator from its original location, but you can re-export them).

If your platform is Linux or any other Unix

(except Mac OS X), just unpack .tar.gz file to any directory, and run bin/startui.pl to start C and C++ Obfuscator Project Manager GUI from any kind of terminal program (like xterm or gnome-terminal) or by any other mean; the only requirement is that Mozilla or Firefox are installed on your computer and that DISPLAY environment variable is set.

Installing non-trial edition of C and C++ Obfuscator purchased in the Store

The file downloaded after purchase in our store is effectively a patch for a trial version. So you have to install a trial as described above first.

To patch C and C++ Obfuscator into non-trial, start Project Manager, then go to Tools ⇒ Upgrade into non-trial.. menu item, accept the license and then specify the file you've downloaded from the store and a serial number (received in the email with download link for the patch), then click OK. After you do this, just restart Project Manager as described on the final step of this procedure.

Optional steps needed if you'll be using command line interface of the C and C++ Obfuscator

C and C++ Obfuscator is implemented in Perl programming language, that gives it portability and flexibility. To be able to command line interface of C and C++ Obfuscator, a proper version of Perl interpreter has to be available on your system.

On Mac OS X

the proper versions of Perl come with OS X itself, so you don't need any additional steps to perform.

On Linux and Unix

Perl comes preinstalled by OS vendor in 99% of cases. If it's absent, just fetch a package of Perl from an OS vendor and install it.

On Windows,

a trial of C and C++ Obfuscator for Windows already includes Perl interpreter of the proper version. There are two options - either add it to the PATH and use it (it's sufficient for running command line version of C and C++ Obfuscator), or download and install a complete package of Perl version 5.8 from http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePerl/Windows/5.8/ - the installer will add itself to the PATH.

Updating non-trial version of the C and C++ Obfuscator

When releasing updates, we send out a patch against current trial of the C and C++ Obfuscator as email attachment. You will have to find out your original serial number (received after purchase of the product in the store) and then follow the same steps as when installing just purchased product, as described here - i.e. you will have to fetch current trial, go to Tools ⇒ Upgrade into non-trial.., point the location of the patch received as email attachment, enter serial number and click OK.