Installation guide

2-6 BEA Products Installation Guide
(those with filenames ending in .bin). For other UNIX platforms, the installation program does
not include a JRE. Filenames for these installation programs end in
.jar. To run the .jar
installation programs, you must have an appropriate version of a JDK installed on your system,
and include the
bin directory of the JDK at the beginning of your PATH system variable.
Notes: It is important that you use a JDK because the installation process assigns values to
JAVA_HOME and related variables to point to this directory. All scripts installed by your
installation program use this JDK by default, including scripts to start sample
applications, the Configuration Wizard, and other development tools.
To run graphical-mode installation, your console must support a Java-based GUI. If the
installation program determines that your system cannot support a Java-based GUI, it
automatically starts running in console mode. For details, see Chapter 4, “Running the
Installation Program in Console Mode.”
Using Installers with Filenames Ending in .bin
The following sections describe how to start the installation program on UNIX platforms using
filenames that end in
.bin:
z Starting Graphical-Mode Installation
z Starting Console-Mode Installation
z Starting Silent-Mode Installation
Starting Graphical-Mode Installation
To start the graphical-mode installation process for installation files with names ending in .bin,
follow these steps:
1. Log in to the target UNIX system.
2. Complete the appropriate procedure in the following table.