InterMapper for SuSE Linux is packaged as a RPM file, which contains the necessary programs and support files. To install InterMapper from the RPM file, you will use the rpm -ivh "location" command. To query if InterMapper is already installed, type rpm -q InterMapper. To remove InterMapper from your system after installing it, type rpm -e InterMapper.
The following directions will install InterMapper from the RPM. InterMapper Server will be configured to run at startup:
When InterMapper Server begins running, it can run under any uid on your system. You may specify the user name to run as in the intermapperd.conf file, located at /usr/local/etc/intermapperd.conf The rpm's install script will automatically create a user named 'intermapper' if one does not already exist.
The InterMapper Server is now installed and running, and is configured to run automatically on startup. By default, it will save its files in the /var/local/InterMapper_Settings/ directory. To manually start the server, type:
If the server started successfully, you will see the OK message:
To stop the server, use the similar "stop" command:
The first time you start the InterMapper Server, it will only accept "control" connections from the local machine. If you have a window system (ie X-Windows) and JVM already installed, you can launch InterMapper Console by typing:
The InterMapper Console is also available in the Gnome menu, under Applications > System Tools > InterMapper, or in the KDE menu, under K > System > More Programs > InterMapper.
To upgrade your InterMapper installation to a newer version, you will "erase and re-install". Your InterMapper settings directory, which includes all of your maps, logs, and notification settings, is not removed when you un-install using "rpm -e". Although you will not lose any data during the re-installation, this might still be a good time to make a backup of the InterMapper settings folder.
After you re-install InterMapper, you should check your "/usr/local/etc/intermapperd.conf" file to make sure that the "User" and "SettingsFolder" directives are correct. Otherwise, InterMapper will not be able to locate your existing "InterMapper_Settings" directory.
As of version 4.6b3, you should not need to erase and reinstall any longer; simply upgrade to the new version:
If you wish to use InterMapper RemoteAccess to control the InterMapper server from another computer, you must first set up the SuSE firewall to allow connections to InterMapper server. Before the server will accept connections from Remote, you must also launch the server with a command-line argument telling it where you will connect from.
To allow connections through the firewall, click on the Control Center in the main menu. Select "Yast2 Modules", then "Security & Users", and finally "Firewall". Click the Administrator button and enter the root password to get access to change the firewall settings. Select "Allowed Services", then click the "Advanced" button in the lower right corner of the screen. Enter 8181 under TCP ports, then click "Ok". Click "Next" to verify your changes, then "Accept" to change the firewall. Close the Control Center when you are finished.
To tell the server where you will be connecting from, type the following commands to kill the intermapperd process, then restart it manually using the -A option:
The InterMapper server will now accept Administrator connections from any IP address (*.*.*.*) with the user ID "remote" and the password "password". You should immediately launch InterMapper Remote on another computer and login to this new InterMapper system to set up your InterMapper users and groups.
To remove InterMapper Server, you will use the "rpm -e" command. The "rpm -e" command will not remove any files created by InterMapper, such as those stored in your "InterMapper_Settings" directory. To completely remove all remnants of the software, you must also locate and remove the "InterMapper_Settings" directory.