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Install the
Linux
agent manually

  • Download the
    CylancePROTECT Desktop
    installation files from the management console. Click
    Settings > Deployments
    . From the
    Product
    drop-down list, select
    CylancePROTECT
    , and set the target operating system, the agent version, and the file type. Click
    Download
    .
  • In the management console, copy the installation token from
    Settings > Application
    .
  • Verify that you have root permissions.
  1. Run the following commands in the specified order to install the driver and the agent. Use the files extracted from the .tgz file to determine the value of
    <version>
    .
    Linux distribution
    Commands
    • Red Hat
      Enterprise Linux or
      CentOS
    • Amazon
      Linux
    • Oracle
    • SUSE
      Linux Enterprise Server
    1. Install the dependencies:
      rpm -ivh CylancePROTECTOpenDriver-<version>.rpm
    2. Install the open driver:
      rpm -ivh CylancePROTECTDriver-<version>.rpm
    3. Install the agent driver:
      rpm -ivh CylancePROTECT.<version>.rpm
    4. Install the agent UI*:
      rpm -ivh CylancePROTECTUI.<version>.rpm
    * For devices running
    SUSE
    Linux Enterprise Server, you might need to install the Gnome 3 library (libgtk-3-0) prior to the agent UI installation. If necessary, use the following command:
    zypper install libgtk-3-0
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    1. Install the open driver:
      dpkg -i cylance-protect-open-driver_<version>.deb
    2. Install the agent driver:
      dpkg -i cylance-protect-driver_<version>.deb
    3. Install the agent:
      dpkg -i cylance-protect.version.deb
    4. Install the agent UI:
      dpkg -i cylance-protect-ui.version.deb
  • If the agent UI does not launch automatically after installation (for example, on
    CentOS
    ,
    SUSE
    , or
    Ubuntu
    devices), you need to restart the GNOME shell to view the
    CylancePROTECT
    UI. See Start the UI manually.