Installing eGuide

The installation option you use depends on the platform of the server you are installing eGuide on. eGuide can also be installed as part of a larger package, such as NetWare® 6.5.

This section explains the different installation options.

IMPORTANT:  If you are upgrading your existing version of eGuide to version 2.1.2, review Upgrading eGuide.

This section contains the following platform options:


NetWare

This section explains how to install eGuide on NetWare. For instructions on installing on other platforms, see the following sections:

  1. Copy the following file to the sys: volume of the NetWare server:

    /install/netware/eguideinstall.jar

    This path is relative to the directory where you extracted the eGuide files.

  2. At the NetWare server console, enter the following command:

    java -cp full_path/eGuideInstall.jar install

    Replace full_path with the path to the directory where you downloaded the eguideinstall.jar file.

  3. Follow the prompts.


Open Enterprise Server (Linux)

This section explains how to install eGuide on Linux. For instructions on installing on other platforms, see the following sections:

  1. Log in as root on the host.

  2. Ensure that you have an entry in your path for the JVM.

  3. Enter the following command in the setup directory:

    ./eGuideInstall

    This launches the eGuide GUI installation, which lets you select the location of your Webapps subdirectory.

    NOTE:  This installation method might not create the necessary sym link in the /etc/opt/novell/httpd/conf.d directory to the eGuide-apache conf file. If this occurs, enter the following in the /etc/opt/novell/httpd/conf.d as root:

    # In -s/var/opt/novell/tomcat4/webapps/eGuide/WEB-INF/eGuide-apache.conf/etc/opt/novell/httpd/conf.d/eGuide-apache.conf


UNIX

This section explains how to install eGuide on UNIX. For instructions on installing on other platforms, see the following sections:

  1. Open a shell and change to the /install/unix directory.

    This path is relative to the directory where you extracted the eGuide files.

    IMPORTANT:  For the Install program to run, your PATH environment variable must point to the location of a Java Virtual Machine (for example, /usr/java/bin).

  2. Enter the following command:

    sh ./eguideinstall.bin

  3. Follow the prompts.


Windows

This section explains how to install eGuide on Windows. For instructions on installing on other platforms, see the following sections:

  1. Using Windows Explorer or Run, run the following file:

    \install\win\eguideinstall.exe

    This path is relative to the directory where you extracted the eGuide files.

  2. Follow the prompts.