Installing third party software

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I'm very interested in ordering a linux RedHat 7.3 with ensim dedicated server to host my websites.

But I need to make up my mind about two things:

1. I looked at the ensim control panel specifications and it looks fine to me to manage all the virtual hosting staff. But what about the server management (linux, apache, php, mySql)? Is it possible to also install webmin or is it done by default?

2. I would like to use an SMS SDK for PHP which needs to be install on the linux server. How can I do this (download and install)? I only saw an RPM downloader in Webmin to install software package. Is there a simple way to do it or do I need to use SSH and how?

Thanks in advance for your answers ...

Best regards,

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[Tino Didriksen]

1) Dunno how good Ensim is, but it's only available with RH 7.3 which is a minus. RedHat is dropping support for older versions.
I'd say it's better to get one with RH 9.0...or you can wait for Ensim to update their packages.

2) You have full root access, meaning you can use the rpm tool to install packages. You can also install Webmin this way should you want that together with Ensim, and then use Webmin later on.

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After reading a lot of doc that's what I understood:

- The better choice: redHat 9.0 with Plesk 6.0 for multi-shared hosting management, Webmin for server managemnent

- To install a software: downloading the .tar file to my windows2000 desktop computer, uploading it to my Linux server, using SSH through puTTY to uncompress and to run the installer file on the server with shell commands

If I'm wrong, thanks to correct me ...

Best regards,

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[Tino Didriksen]

You can download directly to the server using wget http://files/goes/here from the SSH prompt, then gzip -d *.gz and tar -xf *.tar it. Probably also good idea to do that as root while cd'ed to /tmp.

So...commands to get to know for today:
cd
su
wget
gzip
tar
rpm

In a lot of cases, gzip+tar can be replaced by rpm for packages that have such.

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Hi Tino,

Many thanks for your support!

That's what I learn today:

cd x : bringing me to the x folder
su - : asking to login with superuser privilege
wget http://files/go/here : downloading http://www.adomain.com/myFile.tar to the folder where I actually reside in (with cd)
gzip -d *.gz : uncompressing every files ending with .gz in the folder where I'm residing in (-d ?)
tar -xf *.tar : uncompressing every files ending with .tar in the folder where I'm residing in (-xf ?)
rpm : as I understood it, it's a package format dedicated to linux like an installer on windows system

As you may noticed it, I'm an absolute newbie to linux and shell!

Thx again for your help and patience ....

Best regards,

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