Preparation

RPM Package Manager

Make sure that the RPM Package Manager (RPM) is installed in your system. Before installing the product on a Linux distribution that does not use RPM, such as Ubuntu, you need to install RPM manually; for example, by running the following command:

sudo apt-get install rpm

Linux distributions where RPM is already installed include Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.

Linux packages

The following Linux packages must be installed in the system: gcc, kernel, kernel-headers, and kernel-devel. The names of these packages may vary depending on the Linux distribution.

• To install these packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Fedora, run the following command as the root user:

  yum install -y gcc kernel kernel-headers kernel-devel

• In Ubuntu, the necessary packages are normally already installed. We recommend running the following command before installing Acronis Backup & Recovery 11:

  sudo apt-get update

• For other Linux distributions, refer to the distribution’s documentation regarding the names of these packages and the ways to install them.

Installation files

Before proceeding with installation, you need to download the installation files and assign them necessary access permissions:

1. Go to the Acronis Web site.
2. Depending on the machine platform and your edition of Acronis Backup & Recovery 11, download the installation file or files (.i686 or .x86_64 files).
3. Copy the installation files to a directory on the machine where you want to install Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.
4. Go to the directory where you copied the installation files, and then run the following command:

   chmod 777 ABR11*