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 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
operating system, 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 does not have write administrative privileges. In the context
of installing, this means that this user can only install into the 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."
- 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.