What a Client Installation Does

A typical client installation installs the network client components into a parent directory on a client machine.

Directory Variables

SAP Sybase IQ uses environment variables to point to different installation directories.

Directory Variables.
Variable Contents

$SYBASE

Points to the parent installation directory. This variable is set by the installer.

$IQDIR16

Points to the SAP Sybase IQ installation directory.

Parent Installation Directory

The $SYBASE directory contains the files, scripts, and other objects required to support the client.

Parent Installation Directory.
Directory Contents

IQ-16_0

SAP Sybase IQ client components.

jConnect-7_0

JDBC 4.0 compliant driver for SAP Sybase IQ.

shared

Shared software components.

Sybase_Install_Registry

Client component registry file.

jre

Java Runtime Environment directory.

jutils-3_0

Version 3.0 Java-based utilities, including Ribo, a Tabular Data Streams utility.

log

Client log file directory.

ThirdPartyLegal

Third-party license agreements.

sybuninstall

Subdirectories for scripts that uninstall SAP Sybase IQ and SySAM.

Product Installation Directory

$IQDIR16 is a $SYBASE subdirectory that contains the files, scripts, and other objects required to run the client.

Product Installation Directory.

Directory

Contents

bin<platform>

Utilities you use to start and manage your server. <platform> value is 64 or 32, depending on your installation.

install

Installation history file.

java

Different JAR files.

lib<platform>

Various library files. <platform> value is 64 or 32, depending on your installation.

res

Character encoding resource files.

samples

Sample SQL Anywhere tools and scripts.

sdk

Subdirectories for various language utilities.

shared

Subdirectories for various shared components.

tix

Tcl/Tk extension library.

Related concepts
Client Components
Installing Client Software
Related tasks
Uninstalling Unix Clients
Uninstalling Windows Clients