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 operating system, a user
with write administrative privileges is any user who is a member of
the "Administrators" group.
- 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.