Installing Tectia Client on Linux

Tectia Client for Linux is supplied in RPM (Red Hat Package Manager) binary packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux. There are separate packages for Linux versions running on the 32-bit x86 and the 64-bit x86-64 architecture.

The Tectia online installation bundle contains the RPM installation files and the license file.

On the installation disk, the installation packages for Linux are located in the /install/linux/ directory.

To install Tectia Client on Linux, follow the instructions below:

Download the relevant installation bundle according to your platform and license type (commercial or evaluation):
- For 32-bit Linux platforms on x86 architecture:
```
tectia-client-<version>-linux-x86-comm.tar
tectia-client-<version>-linux-x86-upgrd-eval.tar
```
- For 64-bit Linux platforms on x86-64 architecture:
```
tectia-client-<version>-linux-x86_64-comm.tar
tectia-client-<version>-linux-x86_64-upgrd-eval.tar
```
In the package names, <version> corresponds to the release version and build number, for example 6.3.14.123.
Unpack the downloaded tar package.
Select the installation packages (in this example, we install the x86-64 version). Two packages are always required: one for the common components of Tectia Client and Server, and one for the specific components of Tectia Client. If you want to use the product with a graphical user interface (GUI), install also the optional GUI support package.
```
ssh-tectia-client-<version>-linux-x86_64.rpm
ssh-tectia-common-<version>-linux-x86_64.rpm
ssh-tectia-guisupport-<version>-linux-x86_64.rpm
```

Install the packages with root privileges:

# rpm -Uvh ssh-tectia-client-<version>-linux-x86_64.rpm
# rpm -Uvh ssh-tectia-common-<version>-linux-x86_64.rpm
# rpm -Uvh ssh-tectia-guisupport-<version>-linux-x86_64.rpm

Copy the license file to the /etc/ssh2/licenses directory. (This is not necessary in "third-digit" maintenance updates.) See also License File.