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 or Unix operating systems,
this is the root or any user who is using sudo to
start Installation Manager. On a Microsoft Windows XP operating system,
a user with write administrative privileges is any user who is a member
of the Administrators group. On a Microsoft Windows Vista
or later operating system, this is the user who is using Run
As Administrator to start Installation Manager or launch
pad.
- 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 does not have write administrative privileges. In the
context of installing on Linux or UNIX operating systems, this means
that this user can only install into their home directory.
- 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.) Sharing
a package group is sometimes also referred to as "shell sharing."
- Shared resources directory
- In some instances, product packages can share resources. These
resources are located in a directory that the packages share.