Installation Requirements

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Chapter 1 Installation Introduction : Installation Requirements

Installation Requirements

Before you run the installer, ensure that you meet all the hardware and software requirements and you have appropriate privileges to run the installer.

Installer Account

Ensure that you have the appropriate privileges, depending on the platform on which you are installing.

Table 2 Installer Account Privilege

Platform

Account Privileges

Microsoft Windows

You must have administrator privileges for the machine on which this product 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 that your system administrator assign the privileges to your account.

To install the product on a network drive, ensure that the account used for installation has permission to access the network drive.

Linux

Any type of user, regular (non-root) user and super-user (root), can perform the installation. When installing this product on Linux platforms, ensure that the same installer account is used to install all TIBCO Hawk products.

A graphic environment such as CDE or X Windows is required to run the installer in GUI mode.

Hardware and Software Requirements

For information about the hardware and software requirements, as well as supported platforms, see the product readme file. The readme can be obtained either on the TIBCO doc site (https://docs.tibco.com) or from the TIBCO eDelivery site (https://edelivery.tibco.com) with the product software.

To access the TIBCO eDelivery site, you will need a user name and password. If you did not receive a user name and password, contact TIBCO Technical Support.

Platform	Account Privileges
Microsoft Windows	You must have administrator privileges for the machine on which this product 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 that your system administrator assign the privileges to your account. To install the product on a network drive, ensure that the account used for installation has permission to access the network drive.
Linux	Any type of user, regular (non-root) user and super-user (root), can perform the installation. When installing this product on Linux platforms, ensure that the same installer account is used to install all TIBCO Hawk products. A graphic environment such as CDE or X Windows is required to run the installer in GUI mode.