Agent installation on SLES 15

[achinayoung_wau]

I am trying to install netiq-npam-3.6.0-0.x86_64 on a SLES 15 server:

# rpm -Uvh /tmp/netiq-npam-agent-3.6.0-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
lsb >= 3.0 is needed by netiq-npam-3.6.0-0.x86_64
libncurses.so.5()(64bit) is needed by netiq-npam-3.6.0-0.x86_64

There is no lsb or ncurses v5 package in SLES 15.

# zypper search lsb
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

S | Name | Summary | Type
--+-------------+-----------------------------------+--------
| lsb-release | Linux Standard Base Release Tools | package

# zypper search ncurses
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

S | Name | Summary | Type
---+--------------------------+----------------------------------------+--------
i+ | libncurses6 | Terminal control library | package
| libncurses6-32bit | Terminal control library | package
| libyui-ncurses-devel | Libyui-ncurses header files | package
| libyui-ncurses-doc | Libyui-ncurses documentation | package
| libyui-ncurses-pkg-devel | Libyui-ncurses-pkg header files | package
| libyui-ncurses-pkg-doc | Libyui-ncurses-pkg documentation | package
i | libyui-ncurses-pkg9 | Libyui - yast2 package selector widg-> | package
| libyui-ncurses-tools | Libyui-ncurses tools | package
i | libyui-ncurses9 | Libyui - Character Based User Interf-> | package
| ncurses-devel | Development files for the ncurses6 t-> | package
i+ | ncurses-utils | Tools using the new curses libraries | package

[klasen]

Support for SLES 15 was only introduced with PAM 3.7: https://www.netiq.com/documentation/privileged-account-manager-37/npam_system_requirements/data/npam_system_requirements.html#t48mgsm1yuij

[achinayoung_wau]

Can we pull the agent from the PAM 3.7 distribution and run it against a 3.6 setup?

[tdharris]

No, we don't recommend differing versions within the same framework.

I recommend installing the lsb and ncurses packages from OS distribution and then try the install again. For example:

opensuse-15-leap:~ # zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.0/repo/oss/ opensuse-15-leap
opensuse-15-leap:~ # zypper patch
opensuse-15-leap:~ # rpm -ivh netiq-npam-manager-3.5.0-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
lsb >= 3.0 is needed by netiq-npam-3.5.0-0.x86_64
libncurses.so.5()(64bit) is needed by netiq-npam-3.5.0-0.x86_64
opensuse-15-leap:~ # zypper in lsb
opensuse-15-leap:~ # zypper in libncurses5
opensuse-15-leap:~ # rpm -ivh netiq-npam-manager-3.5.0-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm
Preparing... ################################# [100%]
Updating / installing...
1:netiq-npam-3.5.0-0 ################################# [100%]
npum 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
Setting up init scripts...
npum.service is not a native service, redirecting to systemd-sysv-install.
Executing: /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable npum

[klasen]

Such packages are often available from the SLES legacy module:

zypper search-packages libncurses5
Following packages were found in following modules:

Package                      Module or Repository                                                        SUSEConnect Activation Command
---------------------------  --------------------------------------------------------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------
libncurses5                  Legacy Module (sle-module-legacy/15.2/x86_64)                               SUSEConnect --product sle-module-legacy/15.2/x86_64
libncurses5-32bit            Legacy Module (sle-module-legacy/15.2/x86_64)                               SUSEConnect --product sle-module-legacy/15.2/x86_64
libncurses5-32bit-debuginfo  Legacy Module (sle-module-legacy/15.2/x86_64)                               SUSEConnect --product sle-module-legacy/15.2/x86_64
libncurses5-debuginfo        Legacy Module (sle-module-legacy/15.2/x86_64)                               SUSEConnect --product sle-module-legacy/15.2/x86_64
libncurses5-32bit            Available in repo Legacy_Module_15_SP2_x86_64:SLE-Module-Legacy15-SP2-Pool
libncurses5                  Available in repo Legacy_Module_15_SP2_x86_64:SLE-Module-Legacy15-SP2-Pool

To activate the respective module or product, use SUSEConnect --product.
Use SUSEConnect --help for more details.

[tdharris]

Yes perfect, thanks Norbert. I recommend sourcing from the most relevant OS distribution/repo and installing to fulfill the library requirements of the install.