HP LTFS Linear Tape File System v2 release notes (EH957-90927, September 2010)

3. Unzip the package:
• $ gunzip HPLTFS_BINARIES_RHEL5.4_x??.tar.gz
• Or
$ gunzip HPLTFS_BINARIES_SLES11_x??.tar.gz
4. Unpack into the root directory:
• $ tar xvf HPLTFS_BINARIES_RHEL5.4_x??.tar -C /
• Or
$ tar xvf HPLTFS_BINARIES_SLES11_x??.tar -C /
5. This will place three executables in /usr/local/bin/ (ltfs, mkltfs, ltfsck). It will
also place a number of dynamic libraries in /usr/local/lib/ and in a new subdirectory
called /usr/local/lib/ltfs/ .
6. On some systems, trying to execute the ltfs command may result in an error message of the
form libltfs.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
directory.
To resolve this, it is necessary to tell the linker/loader how to locate the required dynamic library
files. There are several ways of doing this:
a. Add /usr/local/lib/ to the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH
b. Or
(As root) Add /usr/local/lib/ to the file /etc/ld.so.conf, and then execute /sbin/
ldconfig.
Refer to the man pages for ld.so and ldconfig for further details.
7. Refer to the README.txt file for details of how to use LTFS.
Mac OS X systems
NOTE:
To build your own, download and unpack the file HPLTFS_SOURCE.tar.gz then follow the
instructions in ltfs-1.0.1/doc/BUILDING.macosx.
IMPORTANT:
Currently, HP only supports installations using the precompiled binaries.
1. To use precompiled binaries, download the file HPLTFS_BINARIES.dmg.
2. This contains packages for both Leopard (10.5.8) and Snow Leopard (10.6, 32-bit kernel)
configurations. Open the image by double-clicking on it in a Finder window and navigate to
your OS version.
3. Install the ICU package first by double-clicking on the file ICUFramework-4.0.1.pkg and
following the instructions.
4. Now install the LTFS package by double-clicking on the file LinearTapeFileSystem.pkg
and following the instructions.
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