Creating an installation directory

About this task

You must create an installation directory to install Rational Synergy. The installation directory path is ccm_home, as described in s_r_igu_installation_directories.html#wp955903__wp955907.

The installation directory can be anywhere, and have any name. However, install each Rational Synergy release into a release-specific directory (such as /usr/local/ccm71), then link /usr/local/ccm to your current default release. This installation allows more than one installation of Rational Synergy on a machine, which can be necessary if you are upgrading to a new release.

For example, if you have a previous Rational Synergy installation in the /usr/local/ccm71 directory, install the new version into /usr/local/ccm71, then link /usr/local/ccm to /usr/local/ccm71.

Note: For more information about multiple installations, see Creating multiple installations of Rational Synergy.

Record the path to this directory in step 5.

To create an installation directory:

Procedure

  1. Log on to the installation machine as user root.
  2. Create the installation directory.
       root# mkdir ccm_home
       root# chown ccm_root ccm_home
       root# chgrp ccm_root ccm_home
       root# chmod 755 ccm_home
       root# ln -s ccm_home /usr/local/ccm

Results

Note: The installation directory must be visible from the client machine, or a local client must be installed, as discussed in Setting up a UNIX client.

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