Installation

Funnel is meant to be very easy to install. Most of this page is in-depth information that is not necessary to know in order to install and use funnel. There are really only two steps; download it and run the rpm utility to install it.

You must be logged in as the root user in order to install Funnel. It will be usable by any user after it is installed.

Linux Installation Instructions for Funnel

Download Funnel

If you haven’t already downloaded a version of funnel then do that now. You can put it in any directory that you have access to on the server in which you are installing Funnel on.

A simple way to get the download to your server without using a browser is to use the wget utility. Just right click on the download link and copy the link location. Then execute this wget command on the server in the directory where you want the download.

wget [paste link here]

Install Funnel

rpm -i [downloaded .rpm file name here]

Upgrade Funnel

rpm --upgrade [downloaded .rpm file name here]
Optionally you can uninstall the previous version. You personal specification files will not be removed. But the conf file will be removed. And you may have made changes to it. So be careful if you intend to use this optional procedure.
rpm -e funnel
Then install the new version of Funnel.
rpm -i [downloaded .rpm file name here]

Uninstall Funnel

rpm -e funnel

Funnel Directory Layout