Installing Dr.Web for UNIX Mail Servers

To install Dr.Web for UNIX Mail Servers, do one of the following:

1.From the Doctor Web official website, download the installation file that contains a universal package for UNIX systems. The package includes an installer (due to the fact that the installation program is developed for the command-line mode, its operation in the graphical desktop mode requires a terminal emulator).

2.Install Dr.Web for UNIX Mail Servers as a set of native packages (to do that, connect to the corresponding package repository of Doctor Web).

Dr.Web for UNIX Mail Servers can be installed on FreeBSD only from the universal package.

 

It is recommended to install Dr.Web for UNIX Mail Servers from the universal package on ALT 8 SP and other OSes that use outdated versions of a package manager.

 

After installing Dr.Web for UNIX Mail Servers, the IMA/EVM subsystem of Alt 8 SP 11100-01 can issue a warning about potential integrity violation. To avoid this warning, run the following command after installing Dr.Web for UNIX Mail Servers:

# integalert fix

Alt 8 SP 11100-02 and Alt 8 SP 11100-03 OSes are not subjected to this issue.

During the installation (by means of either the universal .run package or native packages using a package manager), messages about Dr.Web for UNIX Mail Servers installation results are sent at the local email address root@localhost.

After installing Dr.Web for UNIX Mail Servers using any of the provided methods, you can uninstall or update it if fixes for its components are available or a new version of Dr.Web for UNIX Mail Servers is released. If required, you can also configure GNU/Linux security subsystems for correct operation of Dr.Web for UNIX Mail Servers. If an issue with individual components occurs, you can perform their custom installation and uninstallation without uninstalling Dr.Web for UNIX Mail Servers.

After installing Dr.Web for UNIX Mail Servers using any of the methods provided in this manual, you will need to activate the license and install the received key file. Moreover, you can connect Dr.Web for UNIX Mail Servers to a centralized protection server. For details, refer to Licensing. Until that, anti-virus protection is disabled. In addition, in some cases it is necessary to customize the basic functionality of the installed Dr.Web for UNIX Mail Servers, as described in the Getting Started section.