Understanding these terms and conventions can help you take full
advantage of the installation information and your product.
The
following conventions are used in this installation information:
- The default installation directory is written as C:\installation_directory\product\inst.file.
- The default log location for installation information is C:\log_file_dir\log.txt.
These
terms are used in the installation topics.
- Installation directory
- The location of product artifacts after the package is installed.
- 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 is 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
unavailable.)
- Repository
- A 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 directory
- In some instances, product packages can share resources. These resources
are located in a directory that the packages share.