Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2212 mails)

["David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

JJB wrote:
> Another question:
> 
> If a product says this:
> 
> 2.6+ kernel Linux distributions / x86_64
> 
> Can I tell if it will install on SUSE from that little bit of info? In
> this case, the product is called Splunk  (Splunk.com)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> - Joel

Joel,

        64 bit architecture packages are a little trickier... Without going
into great detail, if you want to install "packageA_x86_64" then
packageA and all of the things packageA depends on must be 64bit and
must be installed on your system for packageA to work. There are sever
packages for which no 64bit base files exist.

        Conversely, if you have a 32bit package, you can install that on your
64bit system and it should work. There was a great discussion on this
list a few days ago that addressed this in detail by folks that know a
whole lot more about 64bit stuff than I do.

        I don't know what splunk is, but if it just relies on standard 64bit
files to be installed on your system, which based upon:

"System Requirements

Please check the release notes and download page for details on known
issues.
Host Operating System
Linux 2.6+ kernel Linux distributions (32-bit and 64-bit) and major 2.4+
kernel Linux distributions with NPTL (32-bit only)
Solaris 8, 9 & 10 / Sparc
Solaris 9 & 10 / x86
Mac OS X 10.4 / PPC & x86
FreeBSD 6.1 or later"


        seems to be the case, then you shouldn't have any problems installing
and running it.

        What I would do, if I were you, is go to splunk.com, grab
splunk-3.0.2-24828-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm and save it somewhere on your
drive and then (as root):

rpm -Uvh splunk-3.0.2-24828-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm

        If you are missing a dependency, rpm will tell you. You (knock on wood)
are very very unlikely to hurt anything by trying to install it. If it
doesn't work and you want to get it off your system, the (as root):

rpm -e splunk


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