CommuniGate Installation Debian & Ubuntu

Stalker released a new version of CommuniGate Pro recently. The installation procedure on Debian and Ubuntu is quite easy using aladin.

Download of the new release

root@aladin:/tmp# wget ftp://stalker.com/pub/CommuniGatePro/5.4/CGatePro-Linux-5.4-8.i386.rpm
--2012-10-07 16:32:45--  ftp://stalker.com/pub/CommuniGatePro/5.4/CGatePro-Linux-5.4-8.i386.rpm
           => »CGatePro-Linux-5.4-8.i386.rpm«
Auflösen des Hostnamen »stalker.com (stalker.com)«... 72.20.112.34
Verbindungsaufbau zu stalker.com (stalker.com)|72.20.112.34|:21... verbunden.
Anmelden als anonymous ... Angemeldet!
==> SYST ... fertig.    ==> PWD ... fertig.
==> TYPE I ... fertig.  ==> CWD (1) /pub/CommuniGatePro/5.4 ... fertig.
==> SIZE CGatePro-Linux-5.4-8.i386.rpm ... 71516878
==> PASV ... fertig.    ==> RETR CGatePro-Linux-5.4-8.i386.rpm ... fertig.
Länge: 71516878 (68M) (unmaßgeblich)

100%[================================================================================================================================>] 71.516.878  2,13M/s   in 25s     

2012-10-07 16:33:11 (2,72 MB/s) - »»CGatePro-Linux-5.4-8.i386.rpm«« gespeichert [71516878]

Stopping of the service

root@aladin:/tmp# /etc/init.d/communigate stop
Shutting down the CommuniGate Pro Server

Installation

root@aladin:/tmp# alien -i CGatePro-Linux-5.4-8.i386.rpm
Warning: Skipping conversion of scripts in package CGatePro-Linux: postinst prerm
Warning: Use the --scripts parameter to include the scripts.
        dpkg --no-force-overwrite -i cgatepro-linux_5.4-9_i386.deb
(Lese Datenbank ... 60745 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.)
Vorbereitung zum Ersetzen von cgatepro-linux 5.4-8 (durch cgatepro-linux_5.4-9_i386.deb) ...
Ersatz für cgatepro-linux wird entpackt ...
cgatepro-linux (5.4-9) wird eingerichtet ...

Starting the service again

root@aladin:/tmp# /etc/init.d/communigate start
Starting CommuniGate Proroot@aladin:/tmp#

A final test shows that everything is fine again

root@aladin:/tmp# telnet localhost 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 aladin.members.linode.com ESMTP CommuniGate Pro 5.4.8 is glad to see you!
quit
221 aladin.members.linode.com CommuniGate Pro SMTP closing connection
Connection closed by foreign host.