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Upgrade Threat Prevention on standalone Linux systems

  • Published on Sep 13, 2026
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Upgrade the software from McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Linux 1.9.2 or 2.0.x or Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS) for Linux Threat Prevention 10.2.x, 10.5.x, 10.6.x, 10.7.x.

Make sure that your system is running with a supported version that you can upgrade.

  1. Log on to the system as a user with administrator rights.

  2. Download McAfeeTP-<version_number>-<build_number>-Release-standalone.tar.gz to a temporary directory on your computer.

  3. Extract the package.

    tar -zxvf McAfeeTP-<version_number>-<build_number>-Release-standalone.tar.gz

  4. Run the command from the directory where you downloaded the software.

    ./install-mfetp.sh

    Note

    To upgrade the software from the previous versions, you must use the ./install-mfetp.sh script.

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