RHEL 6.5 install

installing prereqs

Prerequisites for installing Security Management Server / Multi-Domain Security Management Server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

using centos yum repo

replace /etc/yum.repos.d/rhel-source.repo contents with the following

centos 6.5 repo

vault access to older/deprecated centos repos - vault.centos.org 64bit centos

run to import vault key

# rpm --import http://vault.centos.org/6.5/os/x86_64/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6

installing check point

which package to install from the support site?

the iso to download will usually say "install" and "open_server"

for example...

Check_Point_R77.30_T207_Install_and_Upgrade.SPLAT_Open_Server.iso

troubleshooting

libz.so.1 error

errors occur during configuration on install or when cpconfig is run

error message:

Do you want to add an administrator (y/n) [y] ? 
/opt/CPsuite-R77/fw1/bin/fwm: error while loading shared libraries: libz.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

cause

# yum list zlib
Installed Packages
zlib.x86_64            1.2.3-29.el6             @anaconda-RedHatEnterpriseLinux-201311111358.x86_64/6.5
Available Packages
zlib.i686              1.2.3-29.el6             CentOS6base 

solution install 32bit libz

# yum install zlib.i686

bad ELF interpreter

error message

# ./UnixInstallScript: ./UnixInstallScript: /lib/ld-linux.so.2: bad ELF interpreter: No such file or directory

solution install missing glibc

# yum install glibc.i686

libpam.so.0

error: ./UnixInstallScript: error while loading shared libraries: libpam.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

solution: install 32-bit pam. you will likely need to update the 64-bit to match to avoid Multilib version errors. The following command will do this.

# yum install pam.x86_64 pam.i686

links

RHEL 6.5 x64 with CentOS 6.5 repositories