Installation

Tags: ETAS_RTACAR_SQF 001

RTA-SQF is distributed as a platform-specific installer package. Separate installers are provided for Windows and Linux (Ubuntu).

Prerequisites

Before installing RTA-SQF, ensure the following components are present on the target system:

  • Administrator / root privileges — administrator privileges are required to run the installer.

  • RTA-CAR — RTA-SQF is designed to work with a licensed installed version of RTA-CAR.

  • RTA-SQF license file — a valid .lic file is required to run the tool. See License Configuration for details.

Windows

Installation

RTA-SQF is distributed as a self-contained .exe installer.

Supported platforms:

  • Windows 11 version 24H2 or later

Installation steps:

1.

Run the RTA-SQF Setup executable. The Setup Wizard guides through the installation.

 RTA-SQF Windows installer welcome screen

2.

Select the installation directory and continue with the installation.

 Select Destination Location page of the Windows installer

3.

If you want to make rta-sqf available from any command prompt without specifying the full path, select Add RTA-SQF to system PATH.

 Select Additional Tasks page of the Windows installer

4.

Finish the installation.

 Installation complete page of the Windows installer

Installation paths:

Item

Path

Application directory

C:\ETAS\RTA-SQF_<version>

Executable

C:\ETAS\RTA-SQF_<version>\rta-sqf.exe

Documentation (PDF)

C:\ETAS\RTA-SQF_<version>\Documents\

Start Menu shortcut

ETAS\RTA-SQF <version>

Uninstallation

Use Programs and Features (or Apps & features) in the Windows Control Panel to uninstall RTA-SQF. Each version appears as a separate entry. Alternatively, run the uninstaller from the Start Menu shortcut ETAS\RTA-SQF <version>\Uninstall RTA-SQF <version>.

Linux

Installation

RTA-SQF is distributed as a Debian package (rta-sqf_<version>_amd64.deb).

Supported platforms:

  • Ubuntu 22.04 or later

Installation steps:

1.

Install the RTA-SQF package:

sudo dpkg -i rta-sqf_<version>_amd64.deb
Terminal showing the dpkg install command

2.

The installer runs pre-installation checks (platform detection, ETAS License Manager verification) and then unpacks and configures the package. Upon success, the installation paths and license instructions are printed to the terminal.

 Terminal showing successful RTA-SQF package installation output

Installation paths:

Item

Path

Application directory

/usr/share/ETAS/rta-sqf_<version>/

Executable

/usr/share/ETAS/rta-sqf_<version>/rta-sqf

Shell command (versioned)

/usr/bin/rta-sqf-<version>

Shell command (generic)

/usr/bin/rta-sqf — points to the last installed version

Documentation (PDF)

/usr/share/ETAS/rta-sqf_<version>/Documents/

Uninstallation

Each version is an independent package. To remove a specific version:

sudo dpkg --purge rta-sqf-<version>

License Configuration

A valid .lic license file is required to run analysis commands in RTA-SQF.

See also

For full details on ETAS license models, activation, and the ETAS License Manager, refer to the Software Licensing chapter in the RTA-CAR User Manual.

Verifying the Installation

After installation, verify that RTA-SQF is working correctly by running the following commands:

rta-sqf --version
rta-sqf --help

--version prints the installed version string. --help lists all available commands and global options.

For a complete description of the command-line interface, available commands, and options, refer to chapter Working with RTA-SQF.