Installing eG Agents Using Linux RPM

RPM (Red Hat Package Manager) is a powerful open-source command-line utility used to install, uninstall, upgrade, query, and verify software packages (.rpm files) on Linux systems. Primarily used in RHEL, Fedora, CentOS, and OpenSUSE, it handles package installation, dependency tracking, and system configuration management.

Before attempting to install an eG on Linux using the RPM utility, make sure that the following pre-requisites are fulfilled:

  • RPM package must be installed on the target Linux system

  • At least 2 GB of free space should be available in the /tmp folder of the target system

To install an eG agent on Linux using RPM, do the following:

  1. Login to the target system.

  2. The eG agent installable is available as a .rpm file - one for 32-bit Linux systems and another for 64-bit systems. The installable for 32-bit Linux systems is named, eGagent-<eG_Agent_Version>-0.i386.rpm, and the package for 64-bit Linux systems is named, eGagent-<eG_Agent_Version>-0.x86_64.rpm. Copy the file that corresponds to the bit-rate of the target Linux system to the /tmp folder of the system.

  3. Then, from the Shell prompt, run the following command:

    rpm –ivh <Name_of_eG_Agent_RPM_Installable>

    For instance, to install a 64-bit agent, your command will be:

    rpm –ivh eGagent-754-0.x86_64.rpm