Installation
This topic explains how to install IBM Aspera Connect on your system.
System Requirements: For information on the supported operating systems and browsers, see the release notes for this release of IBM Aspera Connect.
Before You Begin
- OpenSSL version 1.0.2g or higher (see below)
- Mesa EGL (If you get a launch error about libEGL, see below.)
- glib2 version 2.28 or higher.
OpenSSL
Depending on your Linux distribution and version, you may need to update your OpenSSL installation in order to allow Connect to launch. The required minimum version of OpenSSL is 1.0.2g. To determine which version of OpenSSL is installed on your machine, run the following:
$ openssl version
For information on how to download and install the latest version of OpenSSL, see the KB article Upgrading OpenSSL on Linux for Connect 3.7.x.
Mesa EGL
Connect requires Mesa EGL to be installed on your machine. If you are unable to launch Connect, and you encounter an error about libEGL, it generally means the Mesa EGL package is not installed. To confirm this, run the following:
$ ldd ~/.aspera/connect/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so
If you then see the following, you need to install the Mesa EGL libraries on your machine:
libEGL.so.1 => not found
To install the Mesa EGL libraries on Debian (for example), run the following:
$ sudo apt-get install libegl1-mesa
Then reboot your machine.
For other Linux OSs, run the equivalent command.
The Connect Desktop Installer
You can download the Connect package directly from http://downloads.asperasoft.com/connect/. Once downloaded, close your Web browser and run the following commands in the installer's directory (replace the version number accordingly):
$ tar -zxvf ibm-aspera-connect-version.tar.gz
$ ./ibm-aspera-connect-version.sh
After Installation
Once Connect has finished installing, it will execute automatically when you access a Connect, Faspex, or IBM Aspera Shares web page. Look for the Connect icon in your menu bar to confirm that it's running.
If Connect does not start automatically (or if you need to restart it), you can execute the application manually with the following command:
$ ~/.aspera/connect/bin/asperaconnect
Aspera provides a web-based IBM Aspera Connect Diagnostic Tool that can be useful for identifying connection issues. You can access the tool here:
https://test-connect.asperasoft.com/