5 Installing Eloquence on the Linux platform
Installation
Elouence is available in rpm format and as a compressed tar archive. We recommend to install Eloquence using rpm, since this makes future updates easier and checks for dependencies. In addition, the rpm based installation will create a temporary license key and perform some basic configuration steps automatically.
Please read the release notes before installing Eloquence on your system. They may provide additional information on installation and configuration.
Installation and configuration of Eloquence requires root capabilities. Please logon as root to your computer.
Installation with rpm
Most Linux distributions use the rpm package manager to install and maintain software. Please refer to http://www.rpm.org for more information on rpm.
Installing Eloquence
To install Eloquence with the rpm package manager, execute the command below:
rpm -i B1368B-A.06.00-1.i386.rpm
B1368B-A.06.00-1.i386.rpm is the rpm archive containing the Eloquence software. The rpm package manager installs the Eloquence software in /opt/eloquence6, creates the Eloquence configuration directory /etc/opt/eloquence6 and copies the default configuration files unless they are already present.
Updating Eloquence
To update the Eloquence software with the rpm package manager, execute the command below:
rpm -U B1368B-A.06.00-1.i386.rpm
B1368B-A.06.00-1.i386.rpm is the rpm archive containing the Eloquence software. The configuration files in the /etc/opt/eloquence6 directory are not overwritten.
Uninstalling Eloquence
To uninstall the Eloquence software with the rpm package manager, execute the command below:
rpm -e B1368B
B1368B is the rpm package name. Please note, that configuration files in the /etc/opt/eloquence6 directory are not removed automatically.
Manual Installation
In addition to the rpm archive Eloquence is available as a (compressed) tar file. Please follow the steps below to install the Eloquence software:
- Unpack the software
cd /
tar xzf /cdrom/A0600/linux/B1368B-A.06.00-1.tar.gz
- If this is the first time you install Eloquence on your system, you should create additional Eloquence directories and copy the default configuration files:
mkdir -p /etc/opt/eloquence6
mkdir -p /var/opt/eloquence6
chmod 777 /var/opt/eloquence6
cd /etc/opt/eloquence6
cp /opt/eloquence6/newconfig/config/d.eloq.config eloq.config
cp /opt/eloquence6/newconfig/config/eloqsd.* .
cp /opt/eloquence6/newconfig/config/eloqdb6.cfg .
cp /opt/eloquence6/newconfig/config/eloq.ini .
cp /opt/eloquence6/newconfig/config/eloqcl.ini .
/opt/eloquence6/etc/tmplic > /etc/opt/eloquence6/license
Eloquence Installation and Configuration - 19 DEC 2002