Installing the Software

Installing the Software

Make sure you have the appropriate software installed: to use SLIP, you need to have the eoe2.sw.slip and eoe2.sw.uucp subsystems installed. To use PPP, you need to have the eoe2.sw.ppp and eoe2.sw.uucp subsystems installed. You should also install the corresponding reference pages (eoe2.man subsystems). To verify whether these packages are installed, use the versions command. For example, to check whether you have PPP installed, you could use the following command:

% versions eoe2.\*.{ppp,uucp}

If PPP and UUCP are installed, versions should produce output something like this:

I = Installed, R = Removed

   Name                 Date      Description

I  eoe2                 03/24/95  IRIX Execution Environment 2, 5.3 with XFS
I  eoe2.man             03/24/95  IRIX Execution Environment Man Pages
I  eoe2.man.ppp         03/24/95  Point-to-Point Protocol Man Pages
I  eoe2.man.uucp        03/24/95  UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Man Pages
I  eoe2.sw              03/24/95  IRIX Execution Environment Software
I  eoe2.sw.ppp          03/24/95  Point-to-Point Protocol Software
I  eoe2.sw.uucp         03/24/95  UUCP Utilities

For instructions on installing software, see IRIX Admin: Software Installation and Licensing. After installing the SLIP or PPP software, you must reboot your system to reconfigure the kernel.