Understanding these terms and conventions can help you take full
advantage of the installation information and your product.
These
terms are used in the installation topics.
- Admin user
- A user who has write administrative privileges. In the context of installing,
having write administrative privileges means that the user can write to the
default common installation location. On Linux operating systems, this is the "root"
or any user who is using "sudo" to start Installation Manager. On Microsoft Windows XP,
a user with write administrative privileges is any user who is a member of
the "Administrators" group. On Microsoft Windows Vista, this is the user who
is using "Run As Administrator" to start Installation Manager.
- Extension
- A type of product package that provides additional function to another
product package. You cannot install the extension without also installing
the package that it extends.
- Installation directory
- The location of product artifacts after the package is installed.
- Non-admin user
- A user who is not an admin user.
- Package
- An installable unit of a software product. Software product packages are
separately installable units that can operate independently from other packages
of that software product.
- Package group
- A package group represents a directory in which different product packages
share resources with other packages in the same group. When you install a
package using Installation Manager, you can create a new package group or
install the packages into an existing package group. (Some packages cannot
share a package group, in which case the option to use an existing package
group is disabled.)
- Repository
- A persistent storage area where packages are available for download. A
repository can be disc media, a folder on a local hard disk, or a server or
Web location.
- Shared resources directory
- In some instances, product packages can share resources. These resources
are located in a directory that the packages share.