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C H A P T E R 1

Preparing for Installation

This chapter contains information needed to prepare for the installation of the Sun ONE Studio 4 update 1, Enterprise Edition for Java IDE (hereafter referred to as "Sun ONE Studio 4 IDE" or "the IDE").

Overview of the Installation

The following steps outline the general process of installing the Sun ONE Studio 4 IDE on your system. This process includes the validation, customization, and registration of your Sun ONE Studio 4 IDE installation:

1. Verify that you have local or network access to either the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, v. 1.3.1 (hereafter referred to as "J2SE, v. 1.3.1 platform") or the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, v. 1.4.0_02 (hereafter referred to as "J2SE, v. 1.4.0 platform") from the system in which you plan to install the Sun ONE Studio 4 IDE.

Note - The recommended option is the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition,
v. 1.4.0_02 with the Sun ONE Studio 4 IDE. Read Chapter 2 for detailed installation instructions.

2. Verify that the system on which you are installing the Sun ONE Studio 4 software meets the minimum system requirements. See System Requirements for more information.

3. Determine which software you want the Sun ONE Studio 4 IDE installer to install. The Sun ONE Studio 4 update 1, Enterprise Edition for Java installer includes the following software:

Core Platform and Modules (required)

PointBase Server 4.2 Restricted Edition

J2EE Reference Implementation 1.3.1

Solaris Developer Modules (available only in Solaris operating environments)

Note - The best option is to install the J2EE Reference Implementation 1.3.1 and the PointBase Server 4.2 Restricted Edition with the IDE. These software products are provided to enable you to quickly develop a simple J2EE application, as described in Chapter 5.

4. Determine if you want to keep your previous version of the Sun ONE Studio 4 IDE. If you do, identify a different directory in which to install Sun ONE Studio 4 update 1, Enterprise Edition for Java.

If you want to use the same installation directory as the previous IDE version, you must first uninstall the previous version of the IDE prior to installing Sun ONE Studio 4 update 1, Enterprise Edition for Java.

5. Determine whether you want to keep your current Sun ONE Studio 4 IDE user settings. If you decide to use your current user settings with the new IDE version, you need to specify the location of your current user directory when prompted during the initial IDE setup. Read Chapter 4 for more information.

6. Install Sun ONE Studio 4 update 1, Enterprise Edition for Java. Read Chapter 3 for detailed installation instructions for each of the supported platforms.

7. Set up your initial IDE environment and register the product. Read Chapter 4 for instructions on setting up your user directory and registering the product.

8. Validate your installation of the Sun ONE Studio 4 IDE by starting an instance of the J2EE Reference Implementation 1.3.1 server and creating a simple J2EE application. Read Chapter 5 for additional information.

After you have validated that your Sun ONE Studio 4 IDE installation is working properly, perform the following steps, if desired:

1. Set up the PointBase database server for use with your Sun ONE Studio 4 IDE. Refer to the instructions in Chapter 6.

2. Configure the use of the Sun ONE Studio Application Server 7 or one of the other application servers. Read Chapter 7 and Chapter 8 for more information.

Supported Platforms

Sun ONE Studio 4 update 1, Enterprise Edition for Java has been tested with the following systems:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional system (with latest service packs)

Microsoft Windows XP Professional system

Red Hat Linux 7.2

Sun Linux 5.0

Solaris 8 operating environment (64-bit, SPARC platform)

Solaris 9 operating environment (64-bit, SPARC platform)

This release has been tested on a limited basis on the following systems:

Microsoft Windows NT SP6 systems

Solaris 8 operating environment (32-bit, SPARC platform)

Solaris 9 operating environment (32-bit, SPARC platform)

System Requirements

TABLE 1-1 lists the system requirements needed to install a minimum configuration on any of the supported platforms.


Supported Platforms	Free Hard Disk Space for User Directory Required for Installation	Free Hard Disk Space Required for Installation	Minimum Configuration
Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows NT4 with SP6 ^[1]	40MB	205 MB	Pentium III, 500 MHz, 512 MB RAM
Red Hat Linux 7.2, Sun Linux 5.0	40MB	210 MB	Pentium III 500 Mhz, 512 MB RAM
Solaris 8, Solaris 9 operating environments (64-bit, SPARC platform)	40MB	375 MB	Ultra 60, 450 MHz, 512 MB RAM
Solaris 8, Solaris 9 operating environments (32-bit, SPARC platform)1	40MB	375 MB	Ultra 60, 450 MHz, 512 MB RAM

These are general guidelines. Your requirements might vary depending on which additional software you have installed for use with the Sun ONE Studio 4 IDE.

^{1 (TableFootnote) This release has been tested on a limited basis on the Microsoft Windows NT4 SP6 systems and the Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 (32-bit, SPARC platform) environments.}