Template:Amanda Enterprise 3.3 Pre-installation Checks

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1. 1. Amanda Enterprise Server Requirements
   1. 1.1. Package Dependencies
      1. 1.1.1. Linux
   2. 1.2. Package Dependencies
      1. 1. 1.2.1.1. The following packages are required on the Amanda clients:
      2. 1.2.2. Linux Debian/Ubuntu
         1. 1.2.2.1. The Amanda backup client requires 32-bit version of following Debian packages;  Amanda 64-bit backup client requires the following 64-bit version Debian packages libcurl3-gnutls libglib2.0-0 libpcre3 libidn11 libssh2-1 libcurl3 or libcurl4 version >=7.13.2 libreadline5 or libreadline6 (depending on the platform) libswitch-perl libjson-perl libencode-locale-perl
         2. 1.2.2.2. Redhat/CentOS/Oracle Enterprise Linux/SLES/Fedora/OpenSuse
         3. 1.2.2.3. The AE 32bit client requires the following 32-bit packages;  AE 64-bit backup client requires the following 64-bit packages curl readline xinetd glib2 termcap (not required on SLES/OpenSuse and RHEL/CentOS 6) perl-Switch perl-JSON perl-Encode-Locale perl-Data-Dumper For RHEL/CentOS 5 and earlier versions and Fedora, please install the following packages: glib2.i386 or glib2.i686 curl.i386 or curl.i686 readline.i386 or readline.i686 termcap.noarch  libidn.i386 or libidn.i686 openldap24-libs.i386 ncurses.i686 libgcc.i686 (for fedora platforms only) For RHEL/CentOS 6, please install the following packages: glib2.i686 xinetd ncurses-libs.i686  libstdc++.i686 readline.i686  glibc.i686 zlib.i686 perl-Switch perl-JSON perl-Encode-Locale perl-Data-Dumper For example: In case of 64bit RHEL6/CentOS 6/Oracle Enterprise Linux, following yum command line should be used (this list includes direct Amanda Enterprise and indirect dependencies) # yum install glibc.i686 xinetd nss-softokn-freebl.i686 glib2.i686 libselinux.i686 gamin.i686 readline.i686 ncurses-libs.i686 zlib.i686 libstdc++.i686 libgcc.i686 perl-Switch perl-JSON perl-Encode-Locale perl-Data-Dumper  On 64bit SLES 11 platforms, these packages are called glibc-32bit glib2  (includes both 32 a 64-bit libraries) libcurl4-32bit libreadline5-32bit libidn-32bit libncurses5-32bit
         4. 1.2.2.4. Solaris 10/11 and OpenSolaris
      3. 1.2.3. Mac OSX (Client only)
      4. 1.2.4. Windows (2003 Server, XP, and Vista) clients
   3. 1.3. Post installation changes on Linux/Mac OS X/Solaris Amanda Clients