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Single user licenses for the Cocktail Toolbox are available for the platforms Linux and Microsoft Windows (9x, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista) via Electronic Software Distribution (ESD).

For license control a system named WIBU-KEY is used (www.wibu.com). The license key is a USB plug called WIBU-BOX/U. A computer with USB connectors is needed for running this distribution of Cocktail.

Instructions for Windows

1. Order a license key for a single user license from CoCoLab. The license key will be shipped to you by mail.
2. When you receive the license key plug it into a USB connector of your computer.
3. Download Cocktail for Windows.
4. Install Cocktail for Windows by running the self-extracting archive - follow the instructions.
5. Download manuals and documentation of the Cocktail Toolbox from the Documentation page.
6. Download a WIBU-KEY Runtime Kit for Windows from www.wibu.com. For example the file WkRuntime.exe supports several languages.
7. Install the WIBU-KEY Runtime Kit by running the self-extracting archive - follow the instructions. There is no need to install the network server and network monitor components.

Instructions for Linux

1. Order a license key for a single user license from CoCoLab. The license key will be shipped to you by mail.
2. When you receive the license key plug it into a USB connector of your computer.
3. Download Cocktail for Linux.
4. Install Cocktail for Linux using the following commands:
   
      tar -xzf ct-linux-0508.tgz
      cd ct-linux-0508
      make install DIR=/usr/local/cocktail
   
   The optional argument DIR specifies the directory where to install Cocktail. The default value for DIR is $HOME.
5. Download manuals and documentation of the Cocktail Toolbox from the Documentation page.
6. Download a WIBU-KEY Runtime Kit for Linux from www.wibu.com. For example the file WkRt-Lin-5.0.501-1.i386.rpm contains WIBU-KEY runtime kits for several Linux distributions.
7. Install the WIBU-KEY Runtime Kit as described in the file ct-linux-0508/license_control.txt.
8. The file ct-linux-0508/README contains basic hints on how to use Cocktail.