Install
Babel Obfuscator is available on Windows as an MSI installer package and on Linux and Mac OS as a dotnet CLI tool
Windows MSI Installer
To install Babel Obfuscator, launch the babel setup MSI installer. This package will guide you through the installation process.
Once the setup has completed the installation, you can access CLI babel from a PowerShell or DOS by entering in PowerShell or a DOS window:
> babel
The setup will also install the Babel Obfuscator User Interface which can be launched from the Windows Start menu.
Troubleshooting Installer Errors
If you have any issues installing the Babel Obfuscator setup, you can create an installation log to get more information about the issue.
The most used logging command is /L*V. This command will create a verbose log that offers much information about the installation. Here are the steps for creating a log:
Find out the path of the Babel setup MSI file, for example, C:\Temp\babel_10.0.0.0.msi
Decide the path of the log, for example, C:\Temp\installer.log
Open a DOS shell cmd.exe or a PowerShell window
Use the msiexec.exe command line to launch the MSI with logging parameters
Install Log
To create an installation log, enter the command line:
msiexec /i "C:\Temp\babel_10.0.0.0.msi" /L*V "C:\log\installer.log"
Babel NuGet Packages
Upon purchasing the Babel Obfuscator Ultimate Edition or any Babel Licensing editions, you acquire several NuGet packages. These contain the Babel Obfuscator NuGet packages:
Babel.Obfuscator.x.y.z.nupkg
This package allows using Babel Obfuscator in any .NET project
Ultimate
Babel.Obfuscator.Tool.x.y.z.nupkg
Babel Obfuscator dotnet CLI tool
Ultimate
Babel.Licensing.Tool.x.y.z.nupkg
Babel Licensing dotnet CLI tool
Licensing
Babel.Licensing.x.y.z.nupkg
Babel Licensing client components
Licensing
These NuGet packages are not available on the public NuGet repository. To use them in your projects, you need to install them on your private NuGet feeds or your local machine.
There are several NuGet private feeds available:
Gitea (Open Source)
NuGet Server (Open Source)
If you don't have a private NuGet feed, you can create one on your local machine.
Create a Local NuGet Feed Using dotnet
If you have installed Visual Studio or dotnet SDK, you can access NuGet directly from the dotnet CLI tool. Now you have to decide where to store your packages on your local machine. For this example, we will create the folder NuGet under the user Documents folder. If you are on Linux or Mac OS, you can create the folder under the user home directory ~/NuGet.
You can add the packages to your local feed using dotnet nuget add command.
Windows PowerShell or DOS shell:
dotnet nuget add source %UserProfile%\Documents\NuGet
Linux or Mac OS:
dotnet nuget add source ~/NuGet
The dotnet tool should report that the package was successfully added, and you can now access your packages through the dotnet command.
Create a Local NuGet Feed Using Visual Studio
To install the NuGet package in your local machine, open Visual Studio and from the Tools menu select Options. In the Options panel, search for NuGet and select the Package Sources node under the NuGet Package Manager tree item.

Press the button with the plus icon and enter the Name field Babel and the Source field the full path to the folder containing the Babel Obfuscator NuGet package files. Press the OK button.
To reference Babel.Obfuscator NuGet package. In the Solution Explorer right click your project file. Select Manage NuGet Packages…
Select your newly added Babel package source in the Package source combo box, then Install the Babel.Obfuscator package.
Copy your license file babel.licenses in the solution folder and rebuild the solution.
Installing Babel CLI dotnet Tool
Once the Babel NuGet packages are in your local NuGet repository, you can install the CLI tools using dotnet tool install command.
Install Babel Obfuscator CLI tool babel:
dotnet tool install Babel.Obfuscator.Tool -g
Install Babel Licensing CLI tool lic:
dotnet tool install Babel.Licensing.Tool -g
To show the versions of the dotnet tool installed, use the following command:
dotnet tool list -g
Package Id Version Commands
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babel.licensing.tool 10.0.0 lic
babel.obfuscator.tool 10.0.0 babel
Update Babel CLI dotnet Tool
To update Babel Obfuscator CLI tool babel, run in your terminal:
dotnet tool update Babel.Obfuscator.Tool -g
To update Babel Licensing CLI tool lic, run in your terminal:
dotnet tool update Babel.Licensing.Tool -g
Uninstalling Babel CLI dotnet Tool
To remove Babel Obfuscator CLI tool babel, run in your terminal:
dotnet tool uninstall Babel.Obfuscator.Tool -g
To remove Babel Licensing CLI tool lic, run in your terminal:
dotnet tool uninstall Babel.Licensing.Tool -g
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