This section describes the client and loader tool package installation procedure for CentOS, Ubuntu, and SLES systems.
You must have operating system superuser privileges to install the tools package.
NoteInstalling the client tools package automatically installs dependent packages not already installed on the system.
Perform the following procedure to install the client and loader tools package on a CentOS or Ubuntu system.
greenplum-db-clients-<version>-<platform>.<file_type>
.Install the package using your package management utility. You must be the superuser or have sudo
access to install packages. For example:
root@clientsys$ yum install greenplum-db-clients-6.14.0-rhel7-x86_64.rpm
root@clientsys$ zypper install greenplum-db-clients-6.14.0-sles12-x86_64.rpm
root@clientsys$ apt install greenplum-db-clients-6.14.0-ubuntu18.04-amd64.deb
The client tools are installed into the /usr/local/greenplum-db-clients-<version>/
directory. The installation process creates a symbolic link from /usr/local/greenplum-db-clients
to the install directory.