Find previous help guides for older versions of AEM, CQ, and CRX.
The versions of Adobe Experience Manager, CQ, and CRX listed on this page are End of Life and no longer officially sold by Adobe. Our last versions of official documentation for these older versions are available for your self-help needs. We recommend you upgrade to the latest version - Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service.
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Before you download the package, determine who will consume the content. This decision will determine how it is deployed:
Users must be logged into the Experience Manager instance to access this content on Experience Manager Author. This content is not accessible by default on AEM Publish (as it exists under /libs).
You will require a valid Adobe ID:
Experience Manager Version | Software Distribution Link |
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Experience Manager 6.3 | Download AEM-DOCS-6.3 from Software Distribution |
Experience Manager 6.2 | Download AEM-DOCS-6.2 from Software Distribution |
Experience Manager 6.1 | Download AEM-DOCS-6.1 from Software Distribution |
Experience Manager 6.0 | Download AEM-DOCS-6.0 from Software Distribution |
Experience Manager 5.6.1 | Download AEM-DOCS-5.6.1 from Software Distribution |
Experience Manager 5.6 | Download AEM-DOCS-5.6 from Software Distribution |
CQ 5.5 | Download CQ-DOCS-5.5 from Software Distribution |
CQ 5.4 | Download CQ-DOCS-5.4 from Software Distribution |
CQ 5.3 | Download CQ-DOCS-5.3 from Software Distribution |
CRX 2.3 | Download CRX-DOCS-2.3 from Software Distribution |
CRX 2.2 | Download CRX-DOCS-2.2 from Software Distribution |
CRX 2.1 | Download CRX-DOCS-2.1 from Software Distribution |
CRX 2.0 | Download CRX-DOCS-2.0 from Software Distribution |
In order to Install a legacy documentation package you must have Experience Manager installed and running on your local drive or network drive.
From the table above, select the link for the Experience Manager documentation version to download. For example, AEM 5.6.1.
Login using your Adobe ID. If you don’t have an ID, create one.
Select the the Download button.
Here is an example of what you will see:
For AEM 6.2, you might need to start your local instance with an increased maximum heap size, by using this command for example: java -jar -XX:MaxPermSize=2048m aem-author.jar
Open the Experience Manager user interface. In a web browser enter: http://localhost:4502/
. Login as an Administrator.
Select Tools > Deployment > Packages.
From the Package Manager UI, select Upload Package.
Browse to the location where you downloaded the AEM package.
Select the package and click OK.
Once the package has been uploaded you will need to install it.
In Package Manager UI, locate the package and select Install.
On the confirmation dialog select Install again. Note: the installation will take a few minutes.
In a web browser, launch the documentation page. Using the AEM 5.6.1 example, the URL would be: http://localhost:4502/libs/aem-docs/content/en/cq/5-6-1.html.
If you have questions about using Experience Manager, we recommend that you reach out to our experienced community experts in the Experience Manager forums.