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:
- The default installation directory is C:\installation_directory\product\inst.file.
- The default log location for installation information is C:\log_file_dir\log.txt.
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.