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 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.