This section describes how to install DirectConnect for z/OS Option using the installation program. These procedures assume that:
The target computer meets the requirements outlined in Chapter 2, “Preparing to Install.”
You have completed the list of tasks for in “Pre-installation instructions”.
The installation program creates the target directory (if necessary) and loads all the selected components into that directory.
You have three options for installing Sybase components from the distribution media using the installation program:
GUI (graphical user interface) mode, which allows you to install the components using the installation program interface described in “Installing DirectConnect for z/OS Option in GUI mode”.
Console mode, which allows you to install components using a command line interface described in “Installing DirectConnect for z/OS Option in console mode”.
Response file mode, which allows you to record or create a response file described in “Installing using a response file”. The response file mode has two different options:
Silent, which lets you install the product without any interaction required on your part. This is convenient if you are performing identical installations on multiple machines.
Interactive installation using response file, which lets you install interactively but with all the responses already filled in, so that you can accept or change the default values and install DirectConnect for z/OS Option according to the responses in the response file. This can be convenient if several sites are installing DirectConnect for z/OS Option and must conform to a standard installation.
Each of these options is described in the following sections.
Sybase recommends that you use the GUI mode for installing DirectConnect
for z/OS Option.
