User Guide

CHAPTER 3. INSTALLING THE
APPLICATION
Before installing Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway, it is necessary to:
• Make sure that your system meets the hardware and software
requirements (see section 1.3 on p. 8).
• Configure your Internet connection. The application distribution package
does not contain the anti-virus databases. They have to be retrieved from
the update servers of Kaspersky Lab before you start using the
application.
• Log on to the system as root or as a privileged user.
3.1. Installing the application on a
server running Linux
For servers running the Linux operating system, Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway is
distributed in three different installation packages, depending on the type of your
Linux distribution.
You can use an rpm package to install the application under Red Hat Linux and
SuSE Linux.
To initiate installation of Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway from the rpm
package, enter the following in the command line:
# rpm –i smtpgw-linux-<version_number>.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. By default, the postinstall.pl script is
located in the /opt/kav/5.5/smtpgw/setup/ directory.
In Debian Linux, the 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-<version_number>.deb
After you enter the command, the application will be installed automatically.