Installation Guidelines The sections below provide guidelines for installing on Windows and UNIX platforms. 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. Installing on Windows 2000 Terminal Server There are two modes in the terminal server, Execute and Install. By default all users are logged on in Execute mode, which allows them to run the applications. When you want to install the software for use by everyone, the Administrator should switch to Install mode. The best way to install the software on Windows 2000 Terminal Server is to use the Add/Remove Programs control panel applet, because this automatically sets the mode to Install during the installation and then back to Execute at the end. Alternatively, you can: 1. Manually change your mode to Install by entering: C:\> change user /install.\ 2. Change back to execute by entering: C:\> change user /execute You can check your current mode by entering: C:\> change user /query If you install in Execute mode, the installation registry is maintained in your user home directory. If you install in Install mode, the installation registry is maintained in the %SystemRoot% folder. UNIX Installation Guidelines Installer Account The software can be installed by a regular (non-root) user or a super-user (root). Different users can install the same product at different locations. Permissions The user performing the installation must have read, write, and 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.
