License server for v7.7? - Page 1
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author: westfw
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 19, 2025, 12:04:18 am
content: I purchased a v7.7 EAGLE license (back when that was the "current" version), and have it installed.However, I recently upgraded my desktop, and the EAGLE Licensing info does not seem to be one of the things that made the transition to the new system. :-(Does anyone recall what the license files were called? I might be able to find it and transfer it over, if it's not also dependent on some sort of system identifier.Alternately, is the license server still active somewhere? (The purchase was electronic, so I got an eMail with my serial number and instructions "access this web site (cadsoftusa.com) and input your serial number, and we'll generate your license file for you." Needless to say, that old web site is no longer active.

author: Quarlo Klobrigney
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 19, 2025, 03:51:25 am
content: The license is 10 places mostly digits and a few CAPS .key, with "freeware.key" being the unlicensed one.Then, during the install, entering the 10 lower case characters (hyphens not included), is necessary to complete the install registration.Also try using the Wayback Machine to try the Eagle licensing to get the info.I've done such things to get old drivers from obscure mfgs and web registration info.It all depends on what pages and background coding was saved and still functional!Edited for additional info and corrections.

author: squadchannel
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 19, 2025, 04:14:33 am
content: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4235204Try contacting him. He is the forum moderator for Autodesk Fusion Electronics.I've seen people like that situation before.

author: jc101
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 19, 2025, 10:19:13 am
content: Eagle licence keys are like this 7214E45123.key, with the filename the same as the serial number.When activated you will have been given another code to unlock it, such as lzmiadrihi - without this part the key will not work. I don't think this was ever e-mailed, just displayed on the website, I hope you made a note of it...This is why I always keep my old hard drive from old PCs. The last couple of PC upgrades, I've virtualised by old PC too. Being able to start up the old machine to use a bit of software has been a lifesaver from time to time.

author: MarkL
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 19, 2025, 12:13:09 pm
content: The licensing info is stored in:EAGLEINSTALLDIR/bin/eagle.keyThis file is generated after you run the license installer via Help --> EAGLE License... from the Control Panel window. It's a binary file and not a plain copy of the registration file and activation code provided by CadSoft.As long as you have eagle.key, you don't need the original registration file and activation code. I've moved my eagle installation (and license) a couple of times now by just copying the installation directory.

author: westfw
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 20, 2025, 04:28:32 am
content: QuoteHmmph. I do have an "EAGLE.key" in the bin directory, but it's apparently not accepting it.I wonder if some of the pathname changes that occurred have gotten in the way (It's a Mac.)

author: Quarlo Klobrigney
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 20, 2025, 06:57:19 am
content: My 2 OS's are 2 Linux and 1 Windows machines.Like I said earlier, on both, there is the 10 character .key, the freeware.key, and also the eagle.key.Eagle as a Windows program, is running on both OS's.All 3 computers have those 3 keys.

author: MarkL
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 20, 2025, 11:23:10 pm
content: Quote from: westfw on July 20, 2025, 04:28:32 amI tried to recreate copying the eagle install directory as I said, and now I can't get it to work. There are other differences involved, such as the Linux distribution, so it could be that. But it seems more likely that I must have re-entered the license years ago and forgotten I did that. I apologize for steering you wrong.I tried a few things to get a copy to run like changing the MAC address and hostid on the target host but that doesn't seem to be it (or at least not all that it wants).One thing I can say is that eagle.key is invalid if the eagle executable is moved to a different partition and a symbolic link is left in its place. This is on a host where eagle runs fine. So, maybe something about the physical disk? It also won't run using a double symbolic link pointing to a link on a different partition which then points back to the original executable, which I didn't expect, but there could be an explicit check for this.Mounting an old system's disk on a new system with the old eagle installation directory, including the old eagle.key that was installed with that system, surprisingly works when executing out of the old directory. And changing the UUID of the old system partition doesn't seem to bother it; it still runs.Maybe some sleuthing with strace can figure out what eagle is looking at. Some cursory runs with strace says it does retrieve the ethernet mac address, but that's only in the case where it's about to fail. Perhaps it does some quick checks for license/platform validity, and then if something seems fishy, starts to dig deeper.And this is experimenting with linux. It could be different with MacOS.

author: BloodyCactus
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2025, 12:17:52 pm
content: you need to run LDD on the bin/eagle and find the missing files, put them in the eagle directory, then run LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. bin/eaglecurrent distro's are probably missing libssl.so.1.0.0 and libcrypto.so.1.0.0(remember if you go back to eagle6, its all 32bit so probably missing most everything)I just re-verified mine and it works, as long as you have the install key that you need to have written down when you got the keyit works fine.I grabbed the two missing files;https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl1.0/(libssl also contains libcrypto).https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl1.0/libssl1.0.0_1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.13_amd64.deb** NO NOT INSTALL THE DEB PACKAGE, JUST COPY TWO FILES OUT!!! **extract the deb contents (do not install the deb!!) and copy the two filesdpkg-deb -x libssl1.0.0_1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.13_amd64.deb temp_dirtemp_dir/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.1.0.0temp_dir/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so.1.0.0to the eagle base directory, "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. bin/eagle" should work fine.(I'm on ubuntu 24.04.02 LTS)