Installation Guide
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This chapter describes how to install BEA Liquid Data for WebLogic using GUI mode. It includes the following sections:
Following installation, you can perform specific post-installation tasks such as verifying successful installation and exploring Liquid Data shortcuts and paths. For more information, see Post-Installation Tasks.
Figure 2-1 illustrates the current step in the overall installation process.
Figure 2-1 GUI Mode Installation Step
Before you begin installing Liquid Data, confirm that the following conditions are met:
<BEAHOME>
directory in which you are going to install Liquid Data.You must remove Liquid Data in cases when it is located in the same <BEAHOME
> directory to which you plan to install. See Uninstalling Liquid Data for details.
bin
directory (for example <BEA_HOME>/JDK142_05/bin
) be included in your PATH environment variable setting before any other JDK bin directories.For additional information about installation prerequisites, see Installation Prerequisites in Preparing to Install Liquid Data.
This section describes how to using the GUI installer application to install Liquid Data on Microsoft Windows and UNIX-based platforms.
To install Liquid Data in GUI mode:
cd
) to the directory to which you downloaded the Liquid Data installer file.where filename.bin
is the name of the Liquid Data installation program specific to your platform. For example, enter the following to start the Solaris version of the Liquid Data installation program:
sh liquiddata_850_solaris32.bin
Similarly, enter the following to start the Linux version of the Liquid Data installation program:
The installer application welcomes you to install Liquid Data, as illustrated in Figure 2-2.
Figure 2-2 Liquid Data Installation Welcome
A screen appears enabling you to specify the BEA home directory, as illustrated in Figure 2-3.
Figure 2-3 Choose BEA Home Directory
The BEA home (<BEAHOME>
) directory serves as the central support directory for all the BEA products installed on your system. For a detailed description of how the <BEAHOME>
directory is used, see "BEA Home Directory" in "Preparing to Install WebLogic Server" in Installing WebLogic Server. This document is available, in the BEA WebLogic Server document set, at the following URL:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13222_01/wls/docs81/installprepare.html
You can choose a directory from the list, or type the directory name in the BEA Home Directory field. You must install Liquid Data in the same directory where you installed WebLogic Platform 8.1
A screen appears enabling you to choose the type of installation, as illustrated in Figure 2-4.
This option installs all Liquid Data components, including the Liquid Data runtime, the WebLogic Workshop extensions, the WebLogic Administration Console, and sample domains.
Enables you to choose the Liquid Data components to install. Choosing Custom causes the screen in Figure 2-5 to appear after you click Next. Choose the components and click Next.
Figure 2-5 Choosing Components to Install
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