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eCAL 5.8
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eCAL 5.8 was released in August 2021.
The release notably contains the new application eCAL Sys.

- **Release**: December 2020.

- **End of life**: May 2022 (after 17 months).

New features
============

- Added **eCAL Sys**, an application for managing startups and montioring your applications

- Proper support for **Ubuntu Multiarch** directories

- Check out the `entire 5.8.0 changelog <https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecal/releases/tag/v5.8.0>`_!.


Compatibility table
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.. include:: compatibility_table.txt

Where to download
=================

- |fa-windows| Windows: Head to the :ref:`Download Archive <download_archive>` and pick your version from there!
- |fa-ubuntu| Ubuntu: Install eCAL from :ref:`our PPA <getting_started_setup_ubuntu_ppa>` with ``apt-get`` *(or pick a Version from the download archive as well)*