Caché Installation Guide - InterSystems Documentation

Caché Installation
4.1.3 Supported Upgrade Paths and Procedures
If you are performing an upgrade, first read and perform all necessary procedures described
in the “Upgrading Caché” chapter of this guide.
When upgrading, back up your Caché instance after completing all the pre-installation upgrade
tasks and before installing Caché.
4.2 Caché Installation
To install Caché 5.2, log in as user ID root. It is acceptable to su (super user) to root while
logged in from another account. Once you are logged into your operating system:
1. Transfer files from the distribution media.
2. Run the installation script.
3. Install Caché Client on Windows for Development.
Important:
Do not use symbolic links for any Caché directory; unexpected results can
occur.
4.2.1 Transfer Files from the Distribution Media
Caché for UNIX-based platforms is distributed either on CD-ROM or acquired from Inter-
Systems in a compressed file with a tar.Z extension. There is also a single-user RPM (Redhat
Package Manager) Linux kit available for download from the InterSystems Web site. The #
represents the UNIX prompt in the following examples.
Transfer the Caché installation files by choosing the one appropriate method from the following:
• Mount the distribution CD.
• Uncompress and untar the downloaded tar.Z file:
# uncompress -c cache-x.x.x.xxx-platform.tar.Z | tar xvf -
Where “x.x.x.xxx” is the Caché build identifier and “platform” is the identifier of the
specific platform kit, for example, cache-5.2.0.825-linux.tar.Z.
• Unpack the RPM package file:
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