Use yum to download and install the Tycoon RPMs. The exact command varies depending on the distribution that you are using. For later Redhat Enterprise Linux derived distributions (including Scientific Linux and CentOS), use following:

[root@alicehost ~]# yum -y -c \
http://tycoon.hpl.hp.com/~tycoon/dl/yum/tycoon_el.repo install tycoon_client

For Fedora Core, use the following:

[root@alicehost ~]# yum -y -c \
http://tycoon.hpl.hp.com/~tycoon/dl/yum/tycoon_fc.repo install tycoon_client

Some older distributions require downloading the repo file separately:

[root@alicehost ~]# cd /etc/yum.repos.d
[root@alicehost ~]# wget http://tycoon.hpl.hp.com/~tycoon/dl/yum/tycoon_el.repo
[root@alicehost ~]# yum -y install tycoon_client

This outputs the following (the version numbers will vary):

Setting up Install Process
Setting up Repos
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.
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Installed: tycoon_client.noarch 0:0.3.0p27-1
Dependency Updated: KL.noarch 0:0.3.0p8-1 tycoon.noarch 0:0.3.0p27-1
Complete!

Once the client has been successfully installed, use the following command periodically to update the client:

[root@alicehost ~]# yum -y update tycoon_client

If you have not already done so, follow the directions in the Tycoon User's Manual to create a Tycoon bank account.

Verify that the client has been installed correctly and can connect to the service location service. Using a shell owned by the local user account that you used to create the Tycoon bank account in step 2, type the following:

[asmith@alicehost ~]# tycoon get_host_list

This outputs the following:

IP Address
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1.2.3.4
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.
.

Verify the connection to the bank. Using you used to create the Tycoon bank account in step 2, type the following:

[asmith@alicehost ~]# tycoon bank get_balance 

This outputs the following:

Account balance: 1

Verify the connection to one of the auctioneers. Using the bank account that you created in step 2, type the following, replacing host_name with one of the host names or IP addresses listed in step 3:

[asmith@alicehost ~]# tycoon host get_status host_name owner_account

This outputs the following:

ip_address: 1.2.3.4 owner_account: bob