UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide
Installing under Linux
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Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards
Install from Source RPM
1. Log in to the LINUX system as root user.
2. At the LINUX prompt, copy the supplied perle-serial-<version>-<release>
.src.rpm
file
onto your system in the
/tmp
directory.
3. Install the source rpm by typing the following command:
rpm –ivh perle-serial-<version>-<release>.src.rpm
4. Build the binary RPM package for your system by entering the following commands:
cd /usr/src/<packages directory>/SPECS
<rpm build command> -bb perle-serial-<version>.spec
5. Install the binary RPM which was just created. Enter the following commands:
cd /usr/src/<packages directory>/RPMS/<arch>
rpm –ivh perle-serial-<version>-<release>.<arch>.rpm
The
<arch>
value is the architecture of your LINUX machine such as “i386” or “alpha”.
Install from Tar File
1. Log in to the LINUX system as root user.
2. At the LINUX prompt, copy the supplied perle-serial
.tgz
file onto your system in the
/tmp
directory.
3. Unpack the file using the command:
tar –xzvf perle-serial-<version>-<release>.tgz
4. Build and install the perle-serial software by entering the following commands
cd /tmp/perle-serial-<version>-<release>
./tar_install.sh
Notes:
The <packages directory> path name in the following instructions will be different
depending on the LINUX distribution you have installed. ( i.e. Redhat will have a
“redhat” directory; Suse will have a “packages” directory)
The <rpm build command> will change depending on the version of the RPM utilities
installed. For newer versions (i.e. 4.2) , the <rpm build command> is “rpmbuild”. For
older versions use “rpm”.
