Installation terminology

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:

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 by using IBM® Installation Manager, you can create a package group or install the packages into an existing package group. For packages that cannot share a package group, 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 in a directory that the packages share.

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