Linux compatibility with Symantec Endpoint Protection 16.0

Products

• Endpoint Protection
• Endpoint Security

Issue/Introduction

Compatibility information between the Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) 16.0 and supported Linux Distributions.

Environment

• Symantec Endpoint Protection 16.0 Linux Agent

Resolution

 

Supported Linux Distributions for SEP 16.0 Linux Agent

Family	Distribution	Version and Notes	Minimum Kernel Version
Red Hat	RHEL	8.10 9 10	4.18.0-553 and later.
	CentOS (Stream)	8.10 9 10
	Oracle Linux	Enterprise Oracle Linux 8.10 (UEK R7+, kernel 5.15) 9 10
	Rocky Linux	8.10 9 10
	Alma Linux	8.10 9 10
Debian	Debian	11 (Bullseye) 12 (Bookworm) 13 (Trixie)	5.8 and later.
	Ubuntu	22.04 LTS* 24.04 LTS* *Kubuntu & official flavors supported
SUSE	SLES	15 SP4 and newer* *openSUSE not supported	5.8 and later.
Other	Amazon Linux	Amazon Linux 2023	5.8 and later.
	VMware Photon OS	Photon OS 5	linux-6.1.41-4.ph5 (for EDR only)

 

Hardware Requirements

Attribute	Notes
CPU Architecture	x86_64
Processor Type	Intel and AMD