Installing the Classic Agent for Unix

After you install the Silk Test Agent software, additional steps are required if you want to use the Silk Test Classic Agent for Unix.

  1. On the computer where you installed the Silk Test Classic Agent software, locate the directory where the Silk Test Unix Agent TAR files are. By default, this location is c:\Program Files\Silk\Silk Test\unix_agent.
  2. Copy the TAR file that is appropriate for your Unix machine. Silk Test provides the following files:
    • linux21_sp3.tar.gz – For Linux 2.1
    • linux30_sp3.tar.gz – For Linux 3.0
    • solaris_sp3.tar.gz – For Solaris 9 and 10
  3. Extract the TAR file on your Unix machine by typing tar xzf <filename>.tar.gz. where <filename> is the appropriate file name for your version of Unix.
  4. Change to the bin directory and then run a shell or cshell script. For instance, type:
    cd bin
    csh <filename>
  5. Start the Agent.