Installation Overview

This section gives an overview of the installation requirements and different installation modes.

• Installation Requirements
  It is best practice to ensure the appropriate disk space requirements, system memory requirements, software requirements by the installer are met. For best results, check the supported platform requirements for this product.
• TIBCO API Exchange Gateway Software Requirements
  Depending on the tasks you wish to perform, install one or more other TIBCO products. The following table describes the required and optional software products and their purpose.
• Installation Modes
  Three installation modes are available: GUI, console, and silent.
• Installation Types
  Two installation types are available: Profile or Custom.
• Installer Account
  Two types of users can install this product.
• Windowing Environment
  A windowing environment such as CDE (that is, X11 Windows) is required to run the installer in GUI mode. A windowing environment is not required for a console installation or silent installation.
• Permissions
  To perform the installation, you must have read, write, and execute permissions on all the files and directories, after the compressed file is unpacked. The file structure after unpacking must be identical to the structure that was packed.
• Installer Log File
  The installer log file, tibco_universal_installer.username_install.log, is written to the .TIBCO/install_timestamp folder of the user’s home directory. To change the location of the installer log file, specify the option -V logFile="myLogFile" when you run the installer.

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