The GUI installation provides a graphical method for installing solidDB®.
Before you begin
In Windows environments, you must have Administrator rights to install solidDB®.
Procedure
1 Install Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK), version 1.6 or newer, if not already installed.
JRE or JDK 1.6 or newer is needed to run the solidDB® installer.
On Linux systems, GNU Compiler for Java (GCJ) is not supported.
2 On the downloaded installation image or the installation DVD, locate the installation program file for your operating system:
solidDB-100.0-<platform>.exe (Windows)
solidDB-100.0-<platform>.bin (Linux and UNIX)
3 Double-click the installation program file. The solidDB® installation wizard starts.
4 Follow the instructions on the wizard to complete the installation.
In Linux and UNIX operating systems, you must be able write to the directory that you are using for the installation. If the installation program cannot create the directory, you are prompted to specify a different directory.
Results
You have installed solidDB®. To see the solidDB® package documentation, open welcome.html in the installation directory. Alternatively, you can access the ASCII‑formatted files in the doc_text directory.
What to do next
▪For information about errors that are encountered during installation, review the installation log file located in the installation root directory.