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Download and try sqlDESKTOP Release 3.0 (Windows or Linux)     

Desktop free edition and 90 days trial network edition are bundled together. 

Update from previous release is free.

If you don't want to set up a database, select HSQL (it's the FREE VERSION) .

Select the distribution file corresponding to the OS of your desktop.

For your convenience, JAVA, HSQL and sqlDESKTOP are bundled into the same distribution file. The JAVA VM bundled with the distribution file will be used exclusively by sqlDESKTOP and will not interfere with any other JAVA VM of your system.  

Windows system 

Click here to download from the nearest site (35 MB - world wide distribution). Next, unzip and launch setup.exe

If the above sites are too busy, select the nearest site below:

America:  Right click here and download setup.exe (35 MB)

Europe:  Right click here and download setup.exe (35 MB).

Please use a Download Manager if your Internet connexion is not reliable. Download Managers are pieces of third-party software that make it possible to resume and/or schedule interrupted downloads.

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If you don't want to download, click here to order a CD  . You will find on the CD: 

- the distribution file for Windows (sqlDESKTOP and sqlDESKTOPserver) 

- the distribution file for Linux (sqlDESKTOP and sqlDESKTOPserver) 

- the Back up pack

- user manual in pdf format (sqlDESKTOP and sqlDESKTOPserver) 

If you use the multi - user network version, install on the server either:

- sqlDESKTOPserver  designed for a small network (<20 users) without DBA Windows or Linux  click here to download

- MySQL database (open source database Windows or Linux ) : http://www.mysql.com/

- PostgreSQL database (open source database Windows or Linux): http://www.postgresql.org/

- SqlServer  (Windows only) or SqlServer Express (free) : http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/sql/download/

- DB2 (Windows or Linux) or DB2 Express - C (free): http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/db2/express/download.html

- Oracle (Windows or Linux) or Oracle Express (free) : http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/xe/index.html

If you don't use sqlDESKTOPserver refer to the readme file to find script file and instruction to set up the above database

LINUX System   

Click here to download a tarball distribution file.

If you have root access click here to download a rpm distribution file

(Please note that you have to deploy sqldesktop into the directory /opt/sqldesktop - write permission into /opt is required)

If you want to deploy into another place, use the following Java powered installation file.  

Right click on the following file and download onto a temporary directory. Open a shell window, cd to the temporary directory and launch setup.bin (sh ./setup.bin) . 

America: setup.bin (58MB)

Europe: setup.bin (58 MB)

sqlDESKTOP requires libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 . If libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 is missing on your system, install this library first (see below). 

If you don't want to download, click here to order a CD  . You will find on the CD: 

- the distribution file for Windows (sqlDESKTOP and sqlDESKTOPserver) 

- the distribution file for Linux (sqlDESKTOP and sqlDESKTOPserver) 

- the Back up pack

- user manual in pdf format (sqlDESKTOP and sqlDESKTOPserver) 

How to launch sqlDESKTOP

open a shell console 

cd  /opt/sqldesktop

and enter the following command:

./sqlDESKTOP

Notes:

The JVM bundled with sqlDESKTOP requires   libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 .

If you don't have this librairy, please create in /usr/lib a symlink to a compatible library installed in your system:

 ln -s <your compatible library> libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2
ldconfig

If you don't have a compatible library, click here to download libstdc++-2-libc6.1-1-2.9.0.so into /usr/lib and enter the following commands:

 ln -s libstdc++-2-libc6.1-1-2.9.0.so libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2
ldconfig

If you use the multi - user network version, install on the server either:

- sqlDESKTOPserver  designed for a small network (<20 users) without DBA Windows or Linux  click here to download

- MySQL database (open source database Windows or Linux ) : http://www.mysql.com/

- PostgreSQL database (open source database Windows or Linux): http://www.postgresql.org/

- SqlServer  (Windows only) or SqlServer Express (free) : http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/sql/download/

- DB2 (Windows or Linux) or DB2 Express - C (free): http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/db2/express/download.html

- Oracle (Windows or Linux) or Oracle Express (free) : http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/xe/index.html

If you don't use sqlDESKTOPserver refer to the readme file to find script file and instruction to set up the above database