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Obtaining BCWipe for UNIX

BCWipe for UNIX is distributed as
  • Source codes archive (.tar.gz and .src.rpm formats)
  • Precompiled binaries for i386 Linux (.rpm format)
Please visit Jetico web site for latest version.

Compatibility

BCWipe for UNIX is developed to be cross-platform and should run on any POSIX-compliant UNIX flavour. It was successfully tested on following systems:
  • Linux 2.0-2.6
  • FreeBSD 3.0-4.6
  • OpenBSD 2.8
  • Solaris 8, 9
  • Digital UNIX 4
  • SGI Irix 6.5 (wiping block devices was not tested)
  • IBM AIX 5

Building BCWipe from .tar.gz source codes

  1. Get and unpack BCWipe for UNIX .tar.gz source distribution.
  2. Run make command for BCWipe compilation.
  3. Run make install command; ask your system administrator if you do not have enough privileges for this command.

Building BCWipe from .src.rpm source codes

  1. Get BCWipe for UNIX .src.rpm source distribution.
  2. Run rpm --rebuild BCWipe-x.y-z.src.rpm command to build binary RPM package.
  3. Binary RPM packeage is usually located in /usr/src/packages/RPMS/i386 directory.
  4. Install RPM package using rpm -i BCWipe-x.y-z.i386.rpm command.

Installing BCWipe PRM package

  1. Jetico, Inc. provides BCWipe RPM package only for i386/Linux systems.
  2. Get BCWipe for UNIX .rpm package.
  3. Install RPM package using rpm -i BCWipe-x.y-z.i386.rpm command.
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