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Chapter 4. NOD32LMS package installation
Before further explanations concerned with NOD32LMS, let’s first install the whole thing. In
order to do so, one has to download the appropriate packages from the NOD32 server. Use your
favorite web browser to navigate to the NOD32 download page
order to do so, one has to download the appropriate packages from the NOD32 server. Use your
favorite web browser to navigate to the NOD32 download page
http://www.nod32.com/download/download.htm
At this page you can see a set of NOD32LMS packages listed for various UNIX OS distributions.
Identify the appropriate distribution of the actual OS installed on your computer and download
the appropriate package.
Note: For the download process to succeed, the username and password for authentication
against the NOD32 server is required. You will receive both from your vendor.
After successful download the whole installation relies on one command line statement written
in the directory where the package is downloaded. In case the OS distribution installed at your
computer is one of the following (Fedora, Red Hat, Suse, Mandrake, or other Linux OS using
Red Hat package manager) you need to write the statement:
Identify the appropriate distribution of the actual OS installed on your computer and download
the appropriate package.
Note: For the download process to succeed, the username and password for authentication
against the NOD32 server is required. You will receive both from your vendor.
After successful download the whole installation relies on one command line statement written
in the directory where the package is downloaded. In case the OS distribution installed at your
computer is one of the following (Fedora, Red Hat, Suse, Mandrake, or other Linux OS using
Red Hat package manager) you need to write the statement:
rpm -i nod32lms-x.xx-x.i386.rpm
In case the NOD32LMS is already installed on your computer you will receive the following or
similar message in return.
similar message in return.
package nod32lms-x.xx-x.i386.rpm is already installed
In this case you have to use a different switch -u to update the appropriate rpm package, so the
statement will look like this
statement will look like this
rpm -u nod32lms-x.xx-x.i386.rpm
The Debian Linux OS uses its own package manager for installation, so called dpkg (debian
packager) and the files are also of different format (suffix deb). So the appropriate statement for
installation and/or update of the package in this case will be as follows
packager) and the files are also of different format (suffix deb). So the appropriate statement for
installation and/or update of the package in this case will be as follows
dpkg -i nod32lms-x.xx-x.i386.deb
Once the NOD32LMS package is installed, one can see that the main NOD32LMS scanning
daemon nod32d is running in the background. Indeed, the installation apparatus is done in a
way that it starts the daemon automatically. One can also see that from now on the nod32d
daemon will also start immediately after a computer boot. To be absolutely certain, the fact that
the daemon is running can be checked by typing the command
daemon nod32d is running in the background. Indeed, the installation apparatus is done in a
way that it starts the daemon automatically. One can also see that from now on the nod32d
daemon will also start immediately after a computer boot. To be absolutely certain, the fact that
the daemon is running can be checked by typing the command
ps -C nod32d
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