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Install, Update, or Uninstall

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What you should know about installing, uninstalling, and updating.

Before You Install

Check our Compatibility Guide if you want to know whether the Acrolinx Desktop Checker works with your local platforms.

Before you install, make sure that you have the following:

Desktop Checker Compatibility

Acrolinx Desktop Checker Versions

Notes

Supported

Maintained

Deprecated

Support for Acrolinx AI Assistant and Suggestions

2.0.0

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1.x.x and earlier

2.0.0 and later

This is a standalone application. Acrolinx only supports the latest version of this tool.

To see detailed installation instructions, choose your operating system:

Windows

Install

To install the Desktop Checker on Windows, follow these steps:

  1. Download the latest version of the Desktop Checker .msi installer file from your company download area.

  2. Double-click the installer in Windows and follow the on-screen instructions.

Update

To update, you first need to uninstall the previous version of the Desktop Checker. Then, simply follow the installation procedure for the new version as described under "Install."

Uninstall

To uninstall the Desktop Checker, follow the Microsoft Windows procedure for changing and removing programs.

Mac

Install

To install the Desktop Checker, follow these steps:

  1. Download the latest version of the Desktop Checker DMG file from your company download area.

  2. Open the Desktop Checker DMG file to start the installation process.

  3. Move the Desktop Checker icon to your Applications folder.

  4. Double-click the icon to start the Desktop Checker for the first time.

Update

To update the Desktop Checker, follow these steps:

  1. Download the latest version of the Desktop Checker DMG file from your company download area.

  2. Before you run the Desktop Checker DMG file, select Menu bar > Acrolinx Desktop Checker > Quit Acrolinx Desktop Checker to make sure that you’ve closed the outdated version.

  3. Open the DMG file to start the installation process.

  4. Move the Desktop Checker icon to your Applications folder.

  5. Click Replace to install the latest version of the Desktop Checker.

Uninstall

To uninstall the desktop Checker, follow these steps:

  1. Quit the Desktop Checker.

  2. Open the Applications folder and move the Desktop Checker icon to your trash.

Linux

Depending on your system environment, there are several ways to install, update, and uninstall the Desktop Checker. For example, you can use a package manager if you have one installed, or you can use the command line.

Install

Install the .deb package from the command-line terminal with:

sudo dpkg -i deb_package

On Ubuntu, you can double-click the Debian package (.deb) file and follow the on-screen instructions.

Update

To update, uninstall the previous version of the Desktop Checker. Then, follow the installation procedure for the new version as described under "Install."

Uninstall

To uninstall the Desktop Checker, run:

sudo dpkg -r acrolinxdesktopchecker

Tip

You can also use software management program to uninstall the Desktop Checker if you have one.