Download Profex for Linux

BGMN and related files are bundled with kind permission of the BGMN development team. For source code and further information, please visit http://www.bgmn.de.

Profex 4 and Profex 5 can be used side by side. They do not share any of their settings.

Profex installer

Binary installer (x84_64):
Profex-5.4.0-linux-x86_64-bin.tar.gz (62 MB)

Source code

Source code archive:
profex-5.4.0.tar.gz (9 MB)

BGMN binary archive (i686):
bgmnwin-4.2.22-i686.tar.gz (1.2 MB)

BGMN binary archive (x86_64):
bgmn-4.2.23-x86_64.tar.gz (1.6 MB)

Structure and device templates: 
BGMN-Templates-221011-MacLinux.tar.gz (4.2 MB)

Binary installer

Extract the downloaded compressed archive in the file manager or by typing:

tar xzvf Profex-<version>-linux-x86_64-bin.tar.gz

Installation in /home directory as a regular user
  1. Run the installer by double clicking the file Profex-<version>-linux-x86_64.bin or by typing:
    ./Profex-<version>-linux-x86_64.bin
  2. When asked for the installation directory, select a location in the /home/<your name> directory. For example „/home/<your name>/Profex“.
  3. Complete the installation by clicking next.
  4. To run Profex, double click on „/home/<your name>/Profex/profex.sh“
Installation in /opt as root
  1. Run the installer from a terminal as root:
    sudo ./Profex-<version>-linux-x86_64.bin
  2. Click through the installation dialog by accepting all default setings. Profex will be installed in „/opt/Profex5“.
  3. To run Profex, double click on „/opt/Profex5/profex.sh“
Updating as a regular user
  1. in Profex, click „Help –> Check for updates“ and follow the instructions.
Updating as root
  1. Run in a terminal:
    sudo /opt/Profex5/maintenancetool
  2. Select „update components“
  3. Accept all default settings in the update dialog.

Compiling from source code

  1. Extract the BGMN binary archive to /opt (root privileges required).
  2. Extract the structure and device templates to /opt
  3. Extract the COD database to /opt
  4. Extract the Profex source code in your home directory /home/
  5. Make sure Qt 6.5 with qmake and header files is installed
  6. Open a terminal and type:
    • cd profex-5.2.5
    • qmake6 -r profex.pro
  7. make -j 8
  8. If dependency errors occur, install the necessary packages and run „make“ again.
  9. After compiling, run „bin/profex“. Confirm auto-configuration and structure indexing with „yes“.
  10. For system-wide installation, copy all binaries to /usr/local/bin:
    • sudo cp bin/profex* /usr/local/bin

Known Issues

none

Previous releases

Source code archive:
profex-5.3.1.tar.gz (8 MB)

Binary installer (x84_64):
Profex-5.3.1-linux-x86_64-bin.tar.gz (61 MB)

Source code archive:
profex-4.3.6.tar.gz (8 MB)