This section describes how to install SDK or Open Server components using InstallShield. These procedures assume that:
The target computer meets the requirements outlined in “System requirements for the SDK and Open Server”.
You have completed the list of tasks for SDK and Open Server in “Pre-installation instructions for the SDK and Open Server”.
InstallShield is a Java-based installation program that uses XML input. It unloads and installs all Sybase components using a consistent installation interface across all platforms. The installation program 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 the installation program:
GUI 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 allows you to record or create a response file. Using a response file, you can install SDK or Open Server in two different modes:
Silent, which allows you to install the product without any interaction required on your part. This is convenient if you are performing identical installation on multiple machines.
Interactive installation using response file, which allows you to install interactively but with all the responses already filled in, so that you can accept all the default values and install SDK or Open Server according to the responses in the response file. This is convenient if several sites are installing SDK or Open Server and must conform to a standard installation.
Each of these options is described in the following sections.
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.
