Preparing for Installation

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

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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.

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Note - The recommended option is the J2SE, v. 1.4.0_02 platform with the Sun ONE Studio 4 IDE. Read Chapter 2 for detailed installation instructions.

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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, Community Edition installer includes the following software:

• Core Platform and Modules (required)
• PointBase Server 4.2 Restricted Edition

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, Community Edition.

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, Community Edition.

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, Community Edition. 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. Once you have completed the installation of the IDE, customize your Sun ONE Studio 4 IDE installation by setting up the PointBase database server. Refer to the instructions in Chapter 5.

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Supported Platforms

Sun ONE Studio 4, Community Edition has been tested with the following systems:

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional system (with latest service packs)
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional system
• Sun Linux 5.0
• Red Hat Linux 7.2
• 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
• Microsoft Windows 98, 2nd edition only
• Solaris 8 operating environment (32-bit, SPARC platform)
• Solaris 9 operating environment (32-bit, SPARC platform)

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System Requirements

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

TABLE 1-1 Sun ONE Studio 4, Community Edition System Requirements

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, Windows 98 (2nd edition only)[1]	10 MB	90 MB	Pentium III, 500 MHz, 256 MB RAM
Red Hat Linux 7.2, Sun Linux 5.0	10 MB	91 MB	Pentium III 500 MHz, 256 MB RAM
Solaris 8, Solaris 9 operating environments (64-bit, SPARC platform)	10 MB	90 MB	Ultra 10, 333 MHz, 256 MB RAM
Solaris 8, Solaris 9 operating environments (32-bit, SPARC platform)1	10 MB	90 MB	Ultra 10, 333 MHz, 256 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.