Installation And Launch - AVG Linux E-mail Server User Manual

AVG Linux Email Server / User Manual

3. Installation and Launch

AVG for Linux E-mail Server installation packages are provided as RPM files or
.tar.gz package.
For the installation from the RPM file, use the
$ rpm -i avg71{edition}-r{version}-a{version of avi}.i386.rpm
command in your shell (accessible for example using the xterm application
within your X window system).
For the installation from the .tar.gz package, use the
$ tar -xvzf avg71{edition}-r{version}-a{version of avi}.i386.tar.gz
command in the directory where the package is located to unpack its content.
Switch to the unpacked avg7-linux directory then and run the
$ ./install.sh
installation script.
Note: The program files of the AVG for Linux E-mail Server versions 11 and older
are installed into the /usr/local/lib/avg7 directory. Even if you perform the full
update of older version of your AVG Anti-Virus, the directory structure remains the
same (ensuring the backwards compatibility). However, all essential components of
AVG for Linux E-mail Server are always updated properly to offer you the
maximum security and reliability.
The versions 12 and newer are comprehensively installed into the /opt/grisoft
directory. Symbolic links are created in various system directories, leading to the
/opt/grisoft directory subtree. If you want to upgrade the old directory structure,
you must completely reinstall your AVG for Linux E-mail Server. Note that in this
documentation is always described the preferred newer location of AVG for Linux
E-mail Server installation!
In the installation packages' names:
the version stands for the minor version number of AVG for Linux E-mail
Server,
the distribution string stands for the specification of Linux distribution (if
necessary to distinguish it) which is the package intended for,
the specification string stands for the AVG Anti-Virus internal virus
database specification number.
Installation of GUI from a Specific Package:
Graphical user interface (GUI) can be installed from specific packages, found at
http://www.grisoft.com, Download/Programs section.
You can install GUI from a .tar.gz package as follows (for distributions that do
not support RPM installation):
Download latest .tar.gz and unpack it:
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