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.

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%

Points to the Windows local resources directory. The location of local resources depends on the Windows version:
  • On Windows XP, these resources are located in the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\SybaseIQ directory.
  • On Windows 7, these resources are located in the C:\ProgramData\SybaseIQ directory.

Parent Installation Directory

The %SYBASE% directory contains the files, scripts, and other objects required to support the client. The default %SYBASE% directory is C:\Sybase.

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

Assembly

SQL Anywhere support files.

charsets

Character encoding files.

install

Installation history file.

java

Different JAR files.

samples

Sample SQL Anywhere tools and scripts.

scripts

Sample scripts and stored procedures.

sdk

Subdirectories for various language utilities.

sun

Local copy of the JRE to support Java in the database.

support

A Web page with links to online resources.

Local Resources Directory

The %ALLUSERSPROFILE% directory contains local resources, including the demo database, server logs, and utilities.

Local Resources Directory.

Directory

Contents

Samples

Sample scripts, drivers, and utilities.

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