Preinstallation tasks

Before you install the product, complete these steps:
  1. Confirm that your system meets the requirements described in the section Installation requirements.
  2. Confirm that your user ID meets the required access privileges for installing the product. See User privileges requirements.
  3. Read the section Planning to install and give particular attention to the topic Upgrade and coexistence considerations.
  4. For Linux®: If you want to enable the product to be used by users other than root, then you must set to 0022, the umask variable before you install the product. To set this variable, log in as root user, start a terminal session, and type umask 0022.

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