Required Linux utilities

The BDD installer requires several Linux utilities.

The following must be present in the /bin directory:

basename
cat
chgrp
chown
date
dd
df
mkdir
more
rm
sed
tar
true

The following must be present in the /usr/bin directory:

awk
cksum
cut
dirname
expr
gzip
head
id
netcat
perl (see below)
printf
sudo (Note: This is the default version on OEL 6.)
tail
tr
unzip
wc
which

BDD requires Perl 5.10+ with multithreading. This must be set as the default version on all BDD nodes. Additionally, the install machine requires a few specific Perl modules; see the following section for instructions on installing these.

Finally, tty must be disabled for sudo. If it's currently enabled, comment out the line Defaults requiretty in /etc/sudoers on all nodes:

#Defaults requiretty