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  5. Installing the CylancePROTECT Desktop agent for Linux
  6. Install the Linux agent manually

Install the
Linux
 agent manually

You can manually install the each of the components of the
CylancePROTECT Desktop
 agent for
Linux
 devices.
The installation files for the
CylancePROTECT Desktop
Linux
 agent must be downloaded from the
my
Account
. They are not available from the
CylanceON-PREM
 console. You must also create a configuration file and modify the installation parameters to specify the details of your
CylanceON-PREM
 console so that the agent connects to it.
  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.