Install the broker

Non-package-based installation of the Broker

  1. Download the p4broker executable from the Perforce website at Download P4Broker
  2. Copy the download to a suitable directory on the host (such as /usr/local/bin), and ensure that the binary is executable:

    chmod +x p4broker

Linux package-based installation of the Broker

This topic assumes you have met the Prerequisites of Linux package-based installation.

The P4 Server is divided into multiple packages, so you can install the components you need. The component package names are:

  • p4-server
  • p4-server-control
  • p4-proxy
  • p4-broker
  • p4-cli

The p4-broker package installs the main component of the Broker, p4broker, as well as the command line interface (p4), the service controller (p4dctl), and a configuration script to set them up.

Package installation requires sudo or root level privileges.

  1. Follow the instructions at Perforce Packages.

    • For APT (Ubuntu), see "How to Configure APT repositories".
    • For YUM (Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS), see "How to Configure YUM repositories".
    • For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, see "How to Configure YUM repositories". You might want to use the zypper equivalent to yum.

  2. Install the p4broker package by running the command for your operating system.

    For Ubuntu: 

    sudo apt-get install p4-broker

    For CentOS or Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 

    sudo yum install p4-broker

    For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 

    sudo zypper install p4-broker

  3. Follow the prompts.

  4. See Configure the broker.