Interactive Installation
The interactive user interface mode of installation requires a graphical display. A DISPLAY environment variable must be set to a valid X Windows display in order to run the OpenSpirit installer interactively on Linux. Windows installation requires a Windows desktop display. The install steps are identical on Windows and Linux except for an additional panel for creating Start menu shortcuts that appears only when installing on Windows.
The following installation panel images were taken during a Windows installation. The installation steps and installer panels are identical on Linux other than differences in file path and the additional shortcut creation panel.
Introduction
The introduction panel is the first panel displayed by the installer during interactive installation. It provides instructions on use of the Cancel, Previous, and Next buttons at the bottom of the install panels.
Click the Next button to proceed to the next step in the installation process.
TIBCO Software License Acceptance
The next installation panel displays the TIBCO end-user license agreement. Read and understand the agreement.
Click the license acceptance checkbox to enable the Next button in order to accept the license and proceed with the installation.
Choose Install Folder
The install folder selection panel is used to select the file folder that the OpenSpirit software is installed in. Click the Choose button to open a folder selection window to navigate to the folder you would like to install the OpenSpirit software into if you do not want to install into the default location. You can also type the folder location directly into the text entry field or you can paste a folder path in using the system copy/paste clipboard.
.bat
files.
Click the Next button to proceed to the next step in the installation process after selecting the installation folder.
GNU License Acceptance
A second license acceptance panel appears after selecting the installation folder. The TIBCO OpenSpirit Runtime software includes some third-party software that is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License. The GNU license must be accepted to continue with the installation.
Click the circular acceptance button to enable the Next button in order to accept the license and proceed with the installation.
Choose Shortcut Folder
The shortcut folder selection panel only appears when installing on Windows. The panel allows you to choose where you would like to install the Windows shortcut icons used to start the OpenSpirit applications that are installed. Your choices are to create a program group in your Windows Start menu. Use an existing program group. Place them in the top level of the Start menu. Place them on the Windows Desktop. Place them in the Windows quick launch bar, place them in a selected file system folder, or do not create start menu entries anywhere. Most users want the shortcuts in a new program group, on the desktop, or in the quick launch bar.
The option not to create any shortcuts is discouraged. Users would have to find the .bat
files under the OpenSpirit installation's bin
folder to start the OpenSpirit Desktop if shortcuts are not provided.
Select the option at the bottom of the panel to create shortcuts for all users. The account you are using to run the installer may need administrator privileges on the local machine for this option to succeed.
Click the Next button to proceed to the next step in the installation process after selecting the shortcut folder option.
Preinstallation Summary
The preinstallation summary panel shows where the OpenSpirit software is installed and where the shortcuts are created if installing on Windows. It also shows the amount of disk space that is required to complete the installation. The required disk space is an estimate made by the installer. The numbers provided in the Disk_Space section of the Installation Requirements section of this guide provide a more accurate estimate of the disk space requirements.
Review the information shown in the summary to make sure it matches your expectations. Click the Previous button if you would like to go back and change any of the information entered in prior panels.
Click the Next button to proceed with the installation process after verifying your choices.
Installing
The installing panel is displayed while the files, folders, and shortcuts are being created by the installer. A progress bar is shown at the bottom of the panel. This phase of the installation may take a few minutes depending on your system's file system performance.
The installer advances to the final installation panel automatically when the file installation phase completes.
Install Complete
The install complete panel appears when the files have all been installed. The complete panel reminds you the folder that the software has been installed in.
Click the Done button to exit the installer. The installation is complete, so the option to cancel or to return to the previous panel are not enabled.
Install Config Manager
The Install Config Manager tool will be started when exiting the installer to begin the next step of configuring a master or a satellite installation. A prompt window appears asking if you wish to configure a new OpenSpirit satellite or a new OpenSpirit master. Select the type of installation that you would like to configure. See the OpenSpirit Runtime Configurations section of this guide for information about satellite and master configurations if you are unsure which to pick.
Click the Ok button to begin the configuration process. The Install Config Manager window appears with a satellite or master configuration form opened ready to create a configuration. See the Install Config Manager section of this guide for information about entering the satellite or master configuration information.
Click the Cancel button to dismiss the satellite or master prompt without opening a new configuration form. The Install Config Manager tool still appear, but it can be dismissed and reopened later to create satellite or master configurations.