Installing the MDEX Engine on UNIX

The software is distributed as a self-extracting bin file.

You should not install the MDEX Engine into a directory that contains content or whose name contains spaces. The MDEX Engine requires approximately 770 MB of disk space. The installer requires approximately 600 MB of additional space on the system drive for temporary files. These files are cleared after the installation process completes.

To install the MDEX Engine:

  1. Download the MDEX Engine package from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud.

  2. Extract the MDEX Engine package to a local directory.

    The name of the extracted installation file is in the following format: OCmdex<release version>-<OS>_<buildnumber>.bin. For information about the file names of MDEX installers, see Installer file names.

  3. Determine where you will install the MDEX Engine. Verify that the target directory where you plan to install has enough available disk space and has write permissions (is not read-only). For example, in this procedure we assume that the target directory is /usr/local and that you have write permissions for it. If you do not set these permissions, the installation will fail.

  4. From the local download directory, start the installation with the following command: 

    ./OCmdex<release version>-<OS>_<buildnumber>.bin

    Note

    The installation must be run within a bash or sh UNIX shell.

  5. Select a locale.

  6. In the Introduction screen, press Enter to continue.

  7. Accept the terms of the license agreement.

  8. In the Choose Install Folder screen, enter /usr/local as the installation location.

  9. In the Pre-Installation Summary screen, review the settings you have selected and press Enter to continue.

  10. In the Ready to Install screen, press Enter to start the installation.

    The Installation Complete message displays at the completion of the installation.

At the completion of the installation, the installer prompts you to run the mdex_setup script that sets the ENDECA_MDEX_ROOT environment variable.

Depending on your shell, run the following script:

For Bourne, Bash or Korn: 

source endeca/MDEX/<version>/mdex_setup_sh.ini

or:

For csh or tcsh: 

source endeca/MDEX/<version>/mdex_setup_csh.ini

The mdex_setup script sets up the environment variable ENDECA_MDEX_ROOT that the MDEX Engine uses and that points to the location MDEX/<version>. The script also adds the utilities directory and the MDEX Engine binaries to the search path. The script is optional and is provided as a convenience, although the variable is required and must be set.

Press Enter to exit the installation.

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