Chapter 3. Installing Kaspersky Anti-Virus; Installing The Application On A Computer Running Linux - KAPERSKY ANTI-VIRUS 5.5 - FOR LINUX-FREEBSD WORKSTATION AND FILE SERVER Administrator's Manual

CHAPTER 3. INSTALLING
KASPERSKY ANTI-VIRUS
We recommend that you perform a system check as described below before
installing Kaspersky Anti-Virus.
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Make sure that your system meets the hardware and software
requirements for the installation of Kaspersky Anti-Virus (see section 1.5
on page 9). If any of the applications, for example Perl are not installed,
we recommend that you install them, otherwise a part of the Anti-Virus
functionality will not be available.
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Configure your internet connection.
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Log in as root.
3.1. Installing the application on a
computer running Linux
Kaspersky Anti-Virus for computers running Linux OS is available in either of the
two formats:
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.rpm – for systems that support RPM Package Manager;
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.deb – for Debian distribution packages.
In order to start the installation of Kaspersky Anti-Virus from a rpm
package, enter the following in the command line:
rpm –i <distribution_package_filename>
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In order to start the installation of Kaspersky Anti-Virus from a deb-
package, enter the following in the command line:
dpkg –i <distribution_package_filename>
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