User Guide

CHAPTER 3. INSTALLING
KASPERSKY ANTI-VIRUS
SMTP-GATEWAY
Before installing Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway, it is necessary to:
• Make sure that your system meets the minimum system requirements
(see section 1.2 on page 7).
• Configure your Internet connection (optional; it is necessary for updat-
ing the anti-virus database).
• Log in to the system as root or as a privileged user.
3.1. Installing Kaspersky SMTP-
Gateway under Linux
For servers running the Linux operating system, Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway is
distributed in three different installation packages, depending on the type of the
installation program for your OS.
You can use an rpm package to install Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway under Linux
Red Hat and Linux SuSe.
To install Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway from the rpm package, enter the
following in the command line:
rpm –i smtpgw-linux-5.0.x-yy.i386.rpm
If you are installing the application from the rpm package, after the files
have been copied to your server, run the postinstall.pl script to
perform post-installation configuration.
Under Linux Debian, Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway installation is performed from a
deb package.
To initiate installation of Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway from the deb
package, enter the following command in the command line:
dpkg –i smtpgw-linux-5.0.x.yy.deb