Installation Program Requirements

Before installing Replication Agent, review the installation requirements.

• GUI and Console Mode Installation
  Determine the installation mode for installing Replication Agent. The standard installation procedure for Replication Agent uses the installation program wizard in GUI mode (the GUI wizard).
• Home Directory Access
  When installing on UNIX or Linux, the Replication Agent installation program requires write access to your home directory.
• Visual C++ 2005 Runtime Components
  On a Microsoft Windows platform, the Replication Agent 15.6 installation program requires components of the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 libraries. When Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 libraries are not installed, the installer stops responding without a warning or an error message.
• Replication Agent 15.7.1 Installation Directory
  Replication Agent 15.7.1 uses the RAX-15_5 directory name. If you have an existing Replication Agent 15.5 or 15.6 installation and do not want to overwrite it, install Replication Agent 15.7.1 in a different location.