Setup guide

Software is sometimes distributed as tar files. To extract from a tar file:
1 In a terminal, as root, use the md5sum command to verifty the checksum matches the md5sum listed
in the checksum file.
2 Extract from the tar archive with tar -xvf filename.tar.
Install Flare
1 If you need to change your system date or time, do it before installing the application.
2 Prepare the installation media (page 31).
3 In a terminal, as root, cd to the application installation directory and run the pre-installation script:
./INSTALL_FIRST. This configures some required system settings for the application.
4 Start the application installation: ./INSTALL_FLARE. The installation script verifies the installation
packages and checks your system for previously installed versions of the application. This process may
take a few minutes.
5 If you are upgrading from a previous version of the application, earlier versions are detected. You are
prompted to select one of those versions. Click None for a clean installation, or select one of the
previous versions if you want to copy its custom resource and setup directories to the new version.
6 You are prompted to create an application user. Answer Yes to create a Linux user account for the
application, or No to run the application with an existing user account. You can select multiple entries.
7 When prompted to configure init.cfg, click OK. The default keyword values in this file are appropriate
in most cases. If you need to change some of the settings, scroll through the file and modify keyword
values as necessary.
■ If installing for the first time init.cfg appears in a text editor.
■ If you are upgrading the application, the old (previous) and new init.cfg files are opened in xxdiff.
The left panel displays the old file. The right panel displays the new one that is installed with your
application.
8 If any changes are detected in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf, you are prompted to configure this file. If you
modify xorg.conf, you are prompted to restart the X server. When the installation script completes,
log out of the Linux desktop and then log in again to restart the X server.
■ To keep the old configuration settings, when the file appears in xxdiff, in the Global menu, choose
Select Left, and then, in the File menu, choose Save as Right. If prompted to overwrite, click OK.
■ To use the new configuration file without adding the settings from the old configuration file, just
close the program.
9 Select a documentation set to install.
10 The application, as well as WiretapCentral, Wiretap Gateway, Backburner Server, Backburner Manager,
Backburner Media I/O Adapter) are installed.
Configure media storage
Media can be stored on any of the following hardware, as long as it is not the system drive: a direct attached
storage (DAS) device or a storage area network (SAN).
Configure a standard filesystem as media storage:
1 Ensure the disk array or SAN storage is connected to your workstation and powered up, and that a
UNIX-compatible filesystem exists on the storage. For best performance, it is recommended to use a
filesystem known for high-performance media playback, such as XFS or SNFS.
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