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3. Installation and Launch

AVG for Linux E-mail Server installation packages are provided as RPM files or

.tar.gz package.

z 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

z $ 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:

z the version stands for the minor version number of AVG for Linux E-mail

Server

z the distribution string stands for the specification of Linux distribution (if

necessary to distinguish it) which is the package intended for,

z 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.

z 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: