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.
sun Local copy of the JRE to support Java in the database.
shared Subdirectories for various shared components.
tix Tcl/Tk extension library.
Related concepts
Client Components
Installing Client Software