Extracting the Installation Set to a Temporary Installation Directory

Status

 

If you are...

This task is...

Installing a new iProcess Engine Version 11.8.0

Required

Upgrading from an iProcess Engine Version 11.0 or later

Required

Database

Oracle, DB2

Description

The installation set for the iProcess Engine is supplied as a TAR file on the physical media. You must extract the installation set from the TAR file before you can run the installer.

Procedure

To extract the installation set from the TAR file to a temporary installation directory:

1. Log in as the user who will run the installer. This must be either the root user or the iProcess Engine background user. For the definition of the iProcess Engine background user, see iProcess Engine Background User Name.
2. Create a temporary installation directory and run the cd command to locate it.
3. Mount the physical media.
4. Copy the staffwar.tar.Z file from the physical media into your temporary installation directory.
5. Run the following command to extract the staffwar.tar file into the temporary installation directory:

uncompress staffwar.tar.Z

6. Use the following TAR command to extract the installation set from the staffwar.tar file into your temporary installation directory:

tar xvf staffwar.tar

7. Un-mount the physical media.

See Also

For more information about how to mount and un-mount the physical media, see your operating system documentation.