Using InstallShield for installation

This section describes how to install SDK or Open Server components using InstallShield. If you are installing using the command line, skip to “Installing SDK or Open Server”, where both InstallShield and command line instructions are provided. All procedures assume that:

The target computer meets the requirements outlined in “System requirements for SDK and Open Server”.
You have completed the list of tasks for SDK and Open Server in “Pre-installation instructions”.

InstallShield is Java-based and uses XML input. It unloads and installs all Sybase components using a consistent installation interface across all platforms. InstallShield creates the target directory (if necessary) and unloads all the selected components into that directory.

You have three options for installing Sybase components from the distribution media using InstallShield:

GUI (graphical user interface) mode, which allows you to install the components using the InstallShield interface
Console mode, which allows you to install components in a command line environment
Response file, which lets you record or create a response file. Using a response file, you can install SDK or Open Server using one of two modes:
- Silent mode, which installs the product by taking all the responses from the options response file without any interaction required on your part. This is convenient if you are performing identical installations on multiple machines.
- Console mode, which uses all the responses from the options response file as defaults. The defaults can be changed by the user during the install. This can be convenient if several sites are installing SDK or Open Server in a non-graphical user interface environment, and must conform to a standard installation with minor changes.

Each of these options is described in “Installing SDK or Open Server”.

If you encounter problems during installation, check the installation log file to see a record of the installation process. The file is located in $SYBASE/log.txt, where $SYBASE is the SDK or Open Server installation directory.