PrizmDoc v12.4 - Updated
Install on Linux
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To install the PrizmDoc Viewer using an Accusoft Cloud-Hosted PrizmDoc Server, follow the steps provided in this section:

Some steps are specific to a particular Linux distribution; these steps will be labeled as being specific to one of the following:

Make sure you log in as root to the machine.

 

Step 1 - Download the PrizmDoc Viewer Linux Distribution

Packages are only available for 64-bit systems.

Before downloading PrizmDoc, you will need to purchase a license key or request a Trial Evaluation by filling out the appropriate form at www.accusoft.com.

Once you have filled out the form for a Trial Evaluation, you can download PrizmDoc by doing one of the following:

  1. Following the link provided in the response email and selecting the desired Linux distribution.

OR

  1. Downloading directly to the Linux server using the 'wget' command for the specific distribution as shown below:
You must substitute the version of the package you are using in the code examples below. For example, if you are using v11.0, then specify "11.0" instead of "<version>". If the version is a hot fix, you will need to also specify the hot fix number, for example, "11.0.1".
   

Red Hat, Fedora, CentOS, and Older Linux Distributions   

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wget http://products.accusoft.com/PrizmDoc/<version>/prizmdoc_client_<version>.x86_64.rpm.tar.gz

Debian and Ubuntu Linux Distributions

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wget http://products.accusoft.com/PrizmDoc/<version>/prizmdoc_client_<version>.amd64.deb.tar.gz

Generic .tar.gz Distribution

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wget http://products.accusoft.com/PrizmDoc/<version>/prizmdoc_client_<version>.x86_64.tar.gz

 

Step 2 - Unpack & Install the Downloaded Archive

Open a command line and change to the location where you downloaded the tarball. Use the following command line examples appropriate for your distribution to:

  1. Decompress and unpack the downloaded file. After you have unpacked the archive, the contents will have been decompressed into a directory named prizmdoc_client_<version>.<arch>[.rpm|.deb].  
  2. Change to the unpacked directory and install the packages.

Red Hat, Fedora, CentOS, and Older Linux Distributions

The following example is for Red Hat, Fedora, CentOS, and older Linux distributions:

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tar -xzvf prizmdoc_client_*.rpm.tar.gz
cd prizmdoc_client_*.rpm
yum install --nogpgcheck *.rpm

Debian (Ubuntu) Linux Distributions

The following example is for Debian (Ubuntu) Linux distributions:

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tar -xzvf prizmdoc_client_*.deb.tar.gz
cd prizmdoc_client_*.deb
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
# 'dpkg' does not resolve dependencies automatically, so please ignore possible errors, if you did not install required dependencies yet, and invoke next command
sudo apt-get -f install

Generic .tar.gz Distribution

We also provide a generic .tar.gz package. Please review the System Requirements and Supported Environments topic to ensure compatibility. You will also need to install the dependencies described in the Requirements section. Once the dependencies are installed, you can install the .tar.gz with the following commands as root:

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tar -xzvf prizmdoc_client_*.tar.gz
cd prizmdoc_client_*
ls prizm-*.tar.gz | xargs -n1 tar zxf
cp -R prizm /usr/share/

 

Step 3 - Update PrizmDoc Application Services Configuration

  1. After installation, locate the PrizmDoc Application Services config file. Assuming the standard install location, this is /usr/share/prizm/pas/pcc.nix.yml.
  2. Edit the file and specify the following values:
    • pccServer.hostName: "api.accusoft.com"
    • pccServer.port: 443
    • pccServer.scheme: "https"
  3. Set pccServer.apiKey to your API key. This key will have been emailed to you as part of the registration process for downloading the installer. For more information on your PrizmDoc API key, refer to the topic, How to Get an Evaluation License.
  4. Restart PrizmDoc Application Services for the changes to take effect. See Starting & Stopping Application Services for instructions.
  5. Go to Check Your Connection to Accusoft Cloud-Hosted Services for instructions on verifying that your installation of the PrizmDoc Viewer is able to contact the back-end services.