Getting the Sun OpenDS Standard Edition Software

You can obtain the Sun OpenDS Standard Edition software by using one of the following methods:

Download the software as a compressed archive (.zip) file from the Sun OpenDS download site. The zip distribution is a stand-alone delivery method to install and to configure a Sun OpenDS Standard Edition server instance. The installation process is simple. Download the zip file, and then extract the contents of this zip file to the location where you want to install the server.
Install the software from the Sun OpenDS Standard Edition Media Kit (part number: DSS99-220C99M9). Copy the zip file (SunOpenDS_SE2.2.zip) from the Media Kit to a writable file system and extract the contents of the file to the location where you want to install the server.

To Download the Sun OpenDS Standard Edition Software

Point your browser to the Sun OpenDS download site.
Click Sun Download Gateway, and follow the instructions to save the zip file locally on your computer.
Unzip the zip compressed archive file.
```
$ unzip SunOpenDS_SE2.2.zip
```
If your system does not include a utility for extracting zip archives, you can use the jar tool provided with the Java environment.
```
$ jar -xvf SunOpenDS_SE2.2.zip
```
Change to the SunOpenDS_SE2.2 subdirectory.
```
$ cd SunOpenDS_SE2.2
```

View the contents of the SunOpenDS_SE2.2 subdirectory.

(UNIX, Linux)   $ ls
(Windows)       C:\> dir   
addons              import-tmp    opends_logo.png  Uninstall.app
bak                 install.html  QuickSetup.app   uninstall.bat
bat                 install.txt   README           upgrade
bin                 instance.loc  README.txt       upgrade.bat
changelogDb         ldif          resources        vdp-setup
classes             Legal         setup            vdp-setup.bat
config              lib           setup.bat        vdp-uninstall
db                  locks         snmp             vdp-uninstall.bat
example-plugin.zip  logs          uninstall

To Obtain the Sun OpenDS Standard Edition Software from the Media Kit

Insert the Media Kit CD into your cdrom drive.
Change to the CD directory.
For example, assume that you have mounted your CD on /vol/cdrom on UNIX or Linux systems, or the E:\ drive on Windows systems.
```
(UNIX, Linux)   $ cd /vol/cdrom
(Windows)       C:\> E: 
```

The root directory of the CD contains the following files:

README.txt
./Legal
    819-0764-10_SLA_Multi.pdf
    License_Notice_Translated.pdf
    OpenDS Standard Edition 2.2 250 Perpetual Entitlement.txt
    OpenDS Standard Edition 2.2 1000 Perpetual Entitlement.txt
    OpenDS Standard Edition 2.2 Subscription Entitlement 250.sxw
    OpenDS Standard Edition 2.2 Subscription Entitlement 1000.sxw
    Software_License_Agreement.txt
    Sun OpenDS Standard Edition 2.2 Distributionreadme.txt
SunOpenDS_SE2.2.zip

Copy the zip file to a writable file system, for example:

(UNIX, Linux)   $ mkdir /local/sunopends
                $ cd /local/sunopends
                $ cp /vol/cdrom/SunOpenDS_SE2.2.zip /local/sunopends

(Windows)       E:\> mkdir C:\sunopends
                E:\> C:
                C:\> cd sunopends
                C:\sunopends> xcopy E:\SunOpenDS_SE2.2.zip C:\sunopends

Unzip the zip compressed archive file.
```
$ unzip SunOpenDS_SE2.2.zip
```
If your system does not include a utility for extracting zip archives, you can use the jar tool provided with the Java environment.
```
$ jar -xvf SunOpenDS_SE2.2.zip
```
Change to the SunOpenDS_SE2.2 subdirectory.
```
$ cd SunOpenDS_SE2.2
```

View the contents of the SunOpenDS_SE2.2 subdirectory.

(UNIX, Linux)   $ ls
(Windows)       C:\> dir   
addons              import-tmp    opends_logo.png  Uninstall.app
bak                 install.html  QuickSetup.app   uninstall.bat
bat                 install.txt   README           upgrade
bin                 instance.loc  README.txt       upgrade.bat
changelogDb         ldif          resources        vdp-setup
classes             Legal         setup            vdp-setup.bat
config              lib           setup.bat        vdp-uninstall
db                  locks         snmp             vdp-uninstall.bat
example-plugin.zip  logs          uninstall

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