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, and extract the tarball into a temporary
directory before proceeding.
Downloading and Extracting the Tarball
- Log in as the PureMessage user ('pmx', by
default).
- Change to your system's temporary directory:
cd /tmp
Note: You must extract the tarball into a directory where the PureMessage user has read and execute permissions (such as
/tmp), or explicitly grant permissions after extracting the tarball.
- From the Sophos website, retrieve the PureMessage
version that matches your platform:
wget pmx-static2.sophos.com/tarball/pmxrepo-version-platform.tar
- Ensure that the ownership of this file is set to pmx for the both the user
and the group.
- Extract the contents of the tarball:
tar -xvf pmxrepo-version-platform.tar
- 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).
Installing or Upgrading PureMessage from a
Tarball
Once the tarball has been extracted according to the instructions shown above, choose the
instructions that match your upgrade scenario:
-
"PureMessage Installation" (if you are installing
PureMessage from a tarball).
-
"Upgrading to PureMessage 5.6.1 from a Tarball
Distribution."
- The "PureMessage 6 Installation" instructions in
"Upgrading to PureMessage 6 from a Tarball
Distribution" (if you are upgrading from 5.6.1 to the latest version of PureMessage).
Important:
Following an installation or upgrade, you must reconfigure PureMessage so that it retrieves future updates and upgrades
from the correct Sophos repository.
- Once the tarball installation or upgrade has completed, return to the main menu of the
installer.
- Select Upgrade PureMessage Components, then select Change
Repository.
- In the Change Repository text box, enter:
Version 5.x
:
http://pmx-dynamic.sophos.com/pmx/mainline/<Platform>/
Version 6
:
http://pmx-dynamic.sophos.com/pmx/v6/mainline/<Platform>/
- Select OK, and press
Enter
.
- Select Return to the main menu, and then Exit the
installer.