Tarball Distribution

PureMessage tarballs are located in the tarball directory on the PureMessage download server (pmx.sophos.com). Use a file transfer utility, such as wget, to download the tarball. Log in as the PureMessage user ('pmx' by default), and extract the tarball into a temporary directory before proceeding.

Downloading and Extracting the Tarball

  1. Change to your system's temporary directory:
    cd /tmp
    Note: Ensure that the tarball is extracted into a directory where the PureMessage user has read and execute permissions (such as /tmp), or explicitly grant permissions after extracting the tarball.
  2. Retrieve the desired version that matches your platform from the Sophos website:
    wget pmx.sophos.com/tarball/pmxrepo-version-platform.tar
  3. Ensure that the ownership of this file is set to pmx for the user and the group.
  4. Extract the contents of the tarball:
    tar -xvf pmxrepo-version-platform.tar
  5. If you are installing PureMessage, copy the installation script that Sophos sent to you via email to the same directory where you extracted the tarball (for example, /tmp). If you are upgrading PureMessage, follow the steps in "Upgrading PureMessage from a Tarball Distribution".

Once the tarball has been extracted according to the instructions show above, see "Installing PureMessage for UNIX 5.5"" or "Upgrading PureMessage from a Tarball Distribution" to complete an installation or upgrade of PureMessage.

Important:

Following an installation or upgrade, you must reconfigure PureMessage so that it retrieves future updates and upgrades frrom the correct Sophos repository.

  1. Once the tarball installation or upgrade has completed, return to the main menu of the installer.
  2. Select Upgrade PureMessage Components, then select Change Repository.
  3. In the Change Repository text box, enter:
    http://pmx.sophos.com/v5/<Platform>/
  4. Select OK, and press Enter .
  5. Select Return to the main menu, and then Exit the installer.
Related concepts
PureMessage Installation
Upgrading to PureMessage for UNIX