PC-Client Installation

The PC-Client installer contains client applications and utilities you can use to access the Adaptive Server to execute queries or manage the server. It also contains the Sybase Open Client/ Open Server™ Software Developers Kit, which you can use to develop applications that access the server, and ODBC, OLE DB, and ADO.NET clients.

Client applications, such as Sybase Central and Open Client, access Adaptive Server.

The Sybase PC-Client CD includes the Software Developer’s Kit (SDK) for Windows platforms, consisting of:

Embedded SQL™
- Embedded SQL™/C (ESQL/C)
- Embedded SQL/Cobol (ESQL/Cobol)
XA-Library™ – XA Interface Library for ASE Distributed Transaction Manager
Adaptive Server Enteprise extension module for Python
Additional connectivity language modules
Open Client™ (CT-Library, DB-Library™)
Microsoft Cluster Server Resource Type for ASE
Interactive SQL
Sybase Central™
ASE ADO.NET Data Provider
ASE OLE DB Provider by Sybase
ASE ODBC Driver by Sybase
ASE plug-in
QPTune
jConnect™ 7.0 for JDBC
SySAM License Utilities
DBISQL
SDC Administration Utility

System Requirements for Clients
Check the system requirements for the machine on which you plan to install the PC-Client.
Installing the Client
The PC-Client CD contains several components that are each packaged with their own installer. When you insert the PC-Client CD, a menu program launches automatically. The menu program presents the list of components that can be installed from the CD and allows you to install them one at a time. Before installing any products, review the readme.txt file, which contains a brief description of each of the products, lists dependencies, and contains any last-minute instructions or changes.
Getting Started After Installing
After installing Adaptive Server, Sybase Central, and the Java Runtime Environment, test the installation and network connections. Adaptive Server communicates with other Adaptive Servers, Open Server applications (such as Backup Server), and client software on your network. Clients can talk to one or more servers, and servers can communicate with other servers by remote procedure calls.
Uninstalling PC-Client
Choose one of two methods to remove PC-Client from a Windows machine.

Parent topic: Postinstallation Tasks