Installation

Installing SpiderSuite involves a series of simple steps which must be completed in the correct sequence for the installation to be successful.

NOTE: vX.X.X refers to the version number e.g. v1.0.0

To Download

The installers and portable executable files are available on the SpiderSuite’s Github repository release page or official website download page.

SpiderSuite currently supports Windows and Linux operating systems with x64 architecture.

On the release page there are two types of download packages for each of the two systems i.e. installers and portable executable.

• Installers

Installers will install SpiderSuite and its dependencies in default choosen location on your machine.

The installers are SpiderSuite_vX.X.X_win64_installer.exe for windows and SpiderSuite_vX.X.X_linux_installer.run for linux.

• Portable executables

Portable executables do not need any installation; you simply download and use directly.

The portable executables are SpiderSuite_vX.X.X_win64.zip for Windows and SpiderSuite_vX.X.X_linux.AppImage and SpiderSuite_vX.X.X_linux.tar.gz for Linux

To Install

Please Note: SpiderSuite is a Graphical User Interface application so all of the steps in this guide refer to the SpiderSuite GUI.

• For Windows Portable Executables:

Download and extract SpiderSuite_vX.X.X_win64.zip archive and place it at your choosen location, extract the archive then run SpiderSuite.exe simply by double clicking on the program.

• For Linux Portable Executable:

Download SpiderSuite_vX.X.X_linux.AppImage and place it at your chosen location, then run it simply by double clicking

or

using command line with the command:

./SpiderSuite_vX.X.X_linux.AppImage

OR

Download SpiderSuite_vX.X.X_linux.tar.gz archive and place it at your choosen location.

Extract the archive on desired location (you can use GUI option or command line:

tar –xzf SpiderSuite_vX.X.X_linux.tar.gz

Then run it simply by double clicking on the SpiderSuite/SpiderSuite

or

using command line with the command

./SpiderSuite/SpiderSuite

• For Windows Installer:

Download SpiderSuite_vX.X.X_win64_installer.exe then run the installer, then fill in the required information such as installation location and shortcut names procedually until you finish the installation procedure.

• For Linux Installer:

Download SpiderSuite_vX.X.X_linux_installer.run then run the installer using the command line :

./SpiderSuite_vX.X.X_linux_installer.run

Then fill in the required information such as installation location and shortcut names precedually until you finish the installation procedure.

NOTE:

In most windows environment SpiderSuite will run on the first try but case of SipderSuite fails to run on the first try on windows, this could be an indication that your machine does not contain the required MSVC-redistributable package.

Don’t worry, SpiderSuite comes packaged with the required MSVC-redistributable package in case of this.

Simply Install the MSVC-redistributable package which comes with SpiderSuite (SpiderSuite/vcredist_x64.exe)

Also In case SpiderSuite fails to connect to the internet and shows SSL errors, install the OpenSSL package which comes packaged with SpiderSuite (SpiderSuite/Win64 OpenSSL v1.1.1n Light.msi).

To Uninstall

To uninstall SpiderSuite for portable SpiderSuite, just delete the SpiderSuite folder and you are done. For installed SpiderSuite run the uninstaller located in the SpiderSuite installation directory (SpiderSuite/maintanance_tool.exe).