Installation conventions and terminology

To understand the installation tasks, you must understand the terminology in the installation guide.

The following terms are used in the installation topics:

Installation directory
The location of the product artifacts after the package is installed.
Package
An installable unit of a software product. Packages can be installed separately and can operate independently from other packages of the same software product.
Package group
A package group is a directory in which different product packages share resources with other packages in the same group. When you install a package by using IBM® Installation Manager, you can create a package group or install the packages into an existing package group. Some packages cannot share a package group; you cannot install those packages into an existing package group.
Repository
A storage area where packages are available for download. A repository can be on a compact disc, a folder on a local hard disk, or a server or web location.
Shared directory
Sometimes, product packages can share resources. These resources are in a directory that the packages share.

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