Client: Pre-Installation for UNIX

Determine File Location

 

After deciding who is going to own the Prolifics files (root or a dummy login ID),

 

determine where they will be installed (referred to as the Prolifics installation

 

directory or SMBASE). Once this directory is set up, do not change it, since users

 

are likely to embed the directory name in makefiles, shell scripts, and so forth. The

 

default installation directory is /usr/prolifics.

 

If your system layout does not permit you to put the files in /usr/prolifics, it

 

might allow a symbolic link from /usr/prolificsto the directory using the ln

 

-scommand.

Upgrading

If you are upgrading from a version of JAM or Prolifics, it is recommended that

 

you install Panther in a different directory from your previous installations.

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