Install jConnect products

This section explains how to download jConnect products from the Web or from a CD.

If you cannot use the Web to install jConnect, contact Sybase Technical Support to request a CD. Once you receive the CD, see “lnstalling jConnect from a CD” on page 7 for installation instructions.

If you install jConnect from the Web and then receive it as part of an Adaptive Server Enterprise or other Sybase product release, use the installation instructions provided with the Sybase product to install jConnect, and verify that you want to overwrite the directory where you initially installed jConnect.

Installing jConnect from the Web

Go to the jConnect download Web page at the following URL:

http://www.sybase.com/products/middleware/jconnectforjdbc

Click Downloads in the Information box on the left side of the window.

When you see the registration page, read the jConnect License Agreement, then complete and submit the provided registration form. You may see a message that your registration has been successful.

When you go to the download page, click the name of the product(s) you want to download:

jconnect52.zip — jConnect 5.2 driver, English documentation, and sample code
jconnect55.zip — jConnect 5.5 driver, English documentation, and sample code
docsEN.zip — jConnect documentation (English)
docsINT.zip — jConnect documentation in other languages (French, German, and Japanese)

Download the zip files using your browser.

Extract the zip files into a directory on your machine.

To extract zip files, you need a zip-file extraction utility. Most UNIX and Linux platforms provide an unzip utility as part of their standard tools. Windows users can use WinZip.

After installing jConnect:

Set the JDBC_HOME and CLASSPATH environment variables. See “Setting Environment Variables” on page 10.
Review your installation contents. See “Reviewing Installation Contents” on page 15.

lnstalling jConnect from a CD

Use these instructions only if you requested a jConnect CD because you cannot download jConnect from the Web. Do not use these instructions to install the version of jConnect included with Adaptive Server Enterprise or other Sybase products. Instead, use the installation guide provided with the product.

Log in to the machine on which you want to install jConnect. Use a login with Administrator privileges or the ID you use for all installations.

Place the Sybase jConnect CD in the CD-ROM drive.

Access the CD from your system:

For UNIX or Linux:

Mount the CD by typing the command for your platform.

For Windows:

Use My Computer or the Windows Explorer to access the CD-ROM drive.

When you can view the contents of the CD, click the name of the product(s) you want to install:

jconnect52.zip — jConnect 5.2 driver, English documentation, and sample code
jconnect55.zip — jConnect 5.5 driver, English documentation, and sample code
docsEN.zip — jConnect documentation (English)
docsINT.zip — jConnect documentation in other languages (French, German, and Japanese)

Extract the zip files into a directory on your machine.

To extract zip files, you need a zip-file extraction utility. Most UNIX and Linux platforms provide an unzip utility as part of their standard tools. Windows users can use WinZip.

After installing jConnect:

Set the JDBC_HOME and CLASSPATH environment variables. See “Setting Environment Variables” on page 10.
Review your installation contents. See “Reviewing Installation Contents” on page 15.