Installation Guidelines

The sections below provide guidelines for installing on Macintosh OS X, Unix, and Windows platforms.

Macintosh OS X Installation Guidelines

Installer Account The software can be installed by a regular (non-root) user and super-user (root). Different users can install the same product at different locations.

Java Java must be installed.

Unix Installation Guidelines

Installer Account The software can be installed by a regular (non-root) user and super-user (root). Different users can install the same product at different locations.

Permissions The user performing the installation must have Read Write Execute permissions on all files and directories, after the file is unpacked. The file structure after unpacking must be identical to the structure that was packed

Windowing Environment A windowing environment such as CDE (that is, X11 Windows) is required to run the installer in GUI mode. It is not required for a console installation or silent installation.

Windows Installation Guidelines

Installer Account You must have administrator privileges for the machine on which the software is installed.

If you do not have administrator privileges, the installer exits. You must then log out of the system and log in as a user with the required privileges, or request your system administrator to assign the privileges to your account.

installing from a Network Drive If you intend to install the product from a network drive, you must ensure that the account used for installation has permission to access the network drive.silent installation.