If You're Not Using GNOME or KDE

The Red Hat Linux Secure Server packages are provided in RPM format, so you can install the packages using RPM from the command line.

Mounting the CD-ROM

To begin the installation process, you must first mount the CD-ROM. Place the Secure Web Server CD in your CD-ROM drive. As root, type the following command to mount the installation CD:

# mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

You may already have an entry in your /etc/fstab file for the CD-ROM drive, in which case the command:

# mount /mnt/cdrom

will mount the CD-ROM drive. Also, on your system, you or the system administrator may allow users (in addition to root) to mount the CD-ROM drive. You'll need to be root to use RPM to install the packages, in any case.

Once you've mounted the CD-ROM drive, the next step is to cd to the directory on the CD that contains the RPMs:

# cd /mnt/cdrom/i386

Once you're there, use RPM commands to install the packages.

You need to install the openssl and mod_ssl packages. So, become root (if you aren't already) and type the following commands:

# rpm -Uvh openssl-0.9.5-2.i386.rpm
openssl                  ############################
# rpm -Uvh mod_ssl-2.6.2_1.3.12-1.i386.rpm 
mod_ssl                  ############################

You'll need to repeat the command for each package you want to install. If you want to install all of the packages, however, you can use the same command, like this:

# rpm -Uvh *.rpm

After the previous command, you should see RPM name each package and show a line of hash marks for each package in the directory.

	Please Note
	Complete instructions on how to use RPM are included in the Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide on the Red Hat Linux 6.2 Documentation CD. (A condensed version of the same instructions is included in the Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide.) RPM is a powerful package management system. Please check the complete instructions on using RPM if you have any questions about using it.

Once you've finished installing packages, the next step is to create your key and obtain a certificate. Your Red Hat Linux Secure Server needs these files in order to run securely. Please continue to Chapter 3 to create your key and certificate.