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.