Online Help

Update

How to receive updates for "e2 SAT Editor" software.

Check the version

Check that the version you are using is the most recent.

To manually check for updates, click on Help > Check for updates.

From main menu, click menu Help > About e2 SAT Editor

Check the version number and on the Releases page of the GitHub repository at https://github.com/ctlcltd/e2-sat-editor/release for more recent updates.

With distributed installation on Linux (Snap Store, Flathub, Arch AUR), check for updates and upgrade from the software store util.

To manually upgrade package (Snap Store, Flathub, Arch AUR), see Linux chapter, on this page.

Note: Check for updates will connect to GitHub servers to the repository address, host name: github.com
The feature Do Not Track is used, but there is no warranty it will be applied.

The preference "Check for updates on launch" is turned off by default.

Download

The original release files can be downloaded only in one place, the GitHub Releases page of the official repository at https://github.com/ctlcltd/e2-sat-editor/release

There are 6 release files available to download:

  • Windows (win64) (winarm64)
  • macOS (Silicon) (Intel)
  • Linux (AppImage x86_64) (AppImage aarch64).

You can verify the checksum of the downloaded files, SHA-256 and MD5 hashes are available in "SHA256SUMS.txt" and "MD5SUMS.txt" files, from the same page Releases of the official repository.

In case of incompatibility it is recommended to use the software in a virtual machine.

Windows

Download the zip file for Windows, the file name has the following nomenclature:
"e2-sat-editor-VERSION-unsigned-win64.zip"

The Zip package contains a portable version of the software, without the installer.

  • Save the directory "e2 SAT Editor Team" from the current portable folder, it contains the software preferences.
  • Uncompress the Zip package by double-clicking on it, or by right-clicking on the file and selecting "Extract here" from the context menu.
  • Place the folder created by File Explorer, for example "e2-sat-editor-2.0.0-unsigned-win64", where you prefer.

To replace the old folder with the new one:

  • Rename the old portable folder, for example "e2 SAT Editor" to match the folder name and do a replacement.
  • Select the new portable folder and rename it with the same name of the old portable folder, for example "e2 SAT Editor".
  • Copy and Paste the new folder, or drag and drop it over the old one, and press on "Yes" button from the "Confirm Folder Replace" dialog.

In alternative, to manually replace all files in the new portable folder:

  • From the old portable folder, select all files and delete all, except the previously saved directory "e2 SAT Editor Team".
  • Replace all with the new files from the new portable folder.

Launch the software, the name of the executable file is "e2-sat-editor" [.exe]

Software preferences will be updated on first run.

If you are using Windows on ARM (arm64), the file has the following nomenclature:
"e2se-VERSION-unsigned-win64-arm64-testing.zip"

For information about application restrictions, see Install page of online help.

macOS

Download the zip file, the file name has the following nomenclature:
"e2-sat-editor-VERSION-unsigned-SYSTEM-macos.zip"

SYSTEM is silicon or intel

The Zip package contains the software application [.app], without the installer.

  • Uncompress the Zip package by double-clicking on it.
  • Place the folder created by Finder utility, for example "e2-sat-editor-2.0.0-unsigned-silicon-macos", where you prefer.

To replace the old application file with the new one:

  • Copy and Paste the new application file "e2 SAT Editor" [.app] replacing to the old, or drag and drop it over the old one, and confirm the replace.

Launch the software, the name of the executable application file is "e2 SAT Editor" [.app]

Software preferences will be updated on first run.

For information about application restrictions, see Install page of online help.

Linux

AppImage

Download the Linux AppImage x86_64 file, the file name has the following nomenclature:
"e2-sat-editor-VERSION-x86_64-linux.AppImage"

The downloaded file is the executable software [.AppImage], no installation is required.

To replace the old application binary with the new one:

  • Copy and Paste the new application binary "e2-sat-editor-2.0.0-x86_64-linux.AppImage" replacing to the old, or drag and drop it over the old one, and confirm the replace.

Launch the software, by double-clicking on the application binary.

Software preferences will be updated on first run.

If you are using Linux for ARM (aarch64), the file has the following nomenclature:
"e2se-VERSION-unsigned-linux-aarch64-testing.AppImage"

For information about application restrictions, see Install page of online help.

Snap Store, Flathub

Refer to the documentation of the Linux distribution you are using to find out whether the software is distributed by Snap Store or by Flathub.

Software installed through the package manager could be auto-updated, this depends on your system configuration.

If you had installed via Snap Store:

  • To manually upgrade, open a terminal and update using the snap command-line util, with the command:
    sudo snap refresh e2-sat-editor
  • Wait until the upgrade operation has finished.

If you had installed via Flathub:

  • To manually upgrade, open a terminal and update using the flatpak command-line util, with the command:
    flatpak --user update io.github.ctlcltd.e2se
  • Wait until the upgrade operation has finished.

Lauch the software, looking "e2 SAT Editor" in the application launcher.

Software preferences will be updated on first run.

For information about application install, see Install page of online help.

AUR (Arch Linux User Repository)

Refer to the Arch Linux documentation at: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_User_Repository for installing software from the AUR repository.

  • Use git to download from the AUR repository, the command: git pull to pull last updates.
  • Build the package with the command: makepkg

Launch the software, run the software binary: e2-sat-editor

Software preferences will be updated on first run.

For information about application install, see Install page of online help.

Other systems

Follow the instructions to compile, in the official repository at https://github.com/ctlcltd/e2-sat-editor/blob/main/BUILD.md

  • If you had used git to download from the software repository use git pull to pull last updates.
  • Fast re-compile through CMake or qmake.

Launch the software, run the software binary: e2-sat-editor

Software preferences will be updated on first run.

For information about software compatibility, see Install page of online help.

Preferences

Windows Preferences are stored in the software executable directory, with the identifier: e2 SAT Editor Team/e2se.ini

macOS Preferences are stored in the user Library, with the identifiers: com.io-github-ctlcltd.e2se (software preferences), io.github.ctlcltd.e2se (OS related preferences)

others (XDG specification) Preferences are stored in the default XDG preference folder, with the identifier: e2 SAT Editor Team

To manually edit the preferences file, please refer to the Qt toolkit documentation at: https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qsettings.html#platform-specific-notes

For information about software safety, see Install page of online help.