Installer Account

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

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. To continue, either 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 superuser (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.

Mac OS Any type of user, regular (non-root) user and superuser (root), can perform the installation.