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Installation Guide
This guide is for administrators and IT managers who want to install and administer IBM BigFix.
Installing on Linux systems
After understanding the terms and the administrative roles, you are ready to actually get authorized and install the programs.
Installing the clients
Installing the Client Manually
HP-UX Itanium Installation Instructions

HP-UX Itanium Installation Instructions

To install the client perform the following steps:

Download and copy the corresponding BigFix client package file (BESAgent-9.2.xxxx.x.pa_risc_hpuxxxxx.depot) to the HP-UX Itanium computer.
Run the following command:
```
/usr/sbin/swinstall -x "allow_incompatible=true" 
  -s HOSTNAME:/path/BESAgent-9.2.xxxx.x.pa_risc_hpuxxxxx.depot 
   BESAgent
```
where HOSTNAME is the name of the system which the Agent is being installed, and /path/ is the path to the Agent installation source
Copy your actionsite masthead to the client computer (the masthead contains configuration, license, and security information). The action site masthead (actionsite.afxm) can be found in your BES Installation folders (by default they are placed under C:\Program Files (x86)\BigFix Enterprise\BES Installers\Client on Windows and /var/opt/BESInstallers/Client/ on Linux). If the masthead is not named actionsite.afxm, rename it to actionsite.afxm and place it on the computer at the following location: /etc/opt/BESClient/actionsite.afxm.
Note: The directory /etc/opt/BESClient/ is not automatically created by the installer. If it does not exist, create it manually.
The masthead file for each BigFix server is downloadable at http://servername:port/masthead/masthead.afxm (example: http://bes.BigFix.com:52311/masthead/masthead.afxm).
Start the BigFix client by running the command
```
/sbin/init.d/besclient start
```