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Installing

Download this release from the Micro Focus SupportLine Web site.
On the target system, log in as root.
This release works concurrently with any previous versions of Server Enterprise Edition, so you do not need to uninstall these. You can either install this release in a new directory, or move the existing installation to a different folder and then install the latest release to the default location.
Install in a new directory
1. Create an installation location directory such as /opt/microfocus/cobolsp2ws2 - this should be a different location than the one in which the previous version is installed.
2. Transfer the .tar file for the product you want to install (for example, by using ftp) to a target directory created above on the target machine.
3. Change to the target directory into which you transferred the .tar file.
4. Decompress and extract the contents of the tar file into that directory, for example:
```
tar xvf /tmpdir/<web_download_file>.tar
```
5. Run the installation script in that directory:
```
sh ./install
```
6. Follow the instructions displayed to complete the installation.
Install in the default location
You can move the existing installation to a different location and install the latest version in the default install location, /opt/microfocus/cobol. This ensures you do not need to change your environment.
To move the existing older installation to a different location, execute:
1. ```
[ as root ] mv /opt/microfocus/cobol /opt/microfocus/cobolsp2ws1
```
2. Install the latest version in the default directory as described in the previous step.