Installation Overview

This section presents an overview of the installation process.

Installation History Log Files

Installation and un-installation history is kept in log files in the .TIBCO directory within the installer’s user (or home) directory.

/import/home/<username>/.TIBCO

For example:

/import/home/joe/.TIBCO/maintenance_2012-05-24.122307

The folder names use this format:

  • For installations - install_year-month-day.time

  • For un-installation - maintenance_year-month-day.time

The uninstall files are written to a maintenance directory.

The installation log files record environment details such as the user that invoked the installer, hostname, operating system details, and so on.

TIBCO Home and Default Installation Directory

The installer prompts you to specify the TIBCO home (TIBCO_HOME) where you want to install TIBCO ActiveSpaces® Transactions . Each TIBCO home is a separate environment. You can install the same software into different environments safely, for example, for test, QA, and staging purposes. You can install multiple TIBCO products into the same environment or into different ones.

A TIBCO home has a name and a directory on disk. The directory is the root directory for all TIBCO products you want to install into this TIBCO home.

[Warning]

When installing multiple TIBCO products into a single TIBCO Home, ensure that all the products are compatible.

The default TIBCO ActiveSpaces® Transactions installation directory depends on who performs the installation:

  • For root users, the default installation directory is /opt/tibco.

  • For non-root users, the default installation directory is /<myhome>/tibco, where <myhome> is the home directory of the user.