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# Installing Liquid Data Using GUI Mode

This chapter describes how to install BEA Liquid Data for WebLogic using GUI mode. It includes the following sections:

- Before You Install
- Installing Using GUI Mode

Following installation, you can perform specific post-installation tasks such as verifying successful installation and exploring Liquid Data shortcuts and paths. For more information, see Post-Installation Tasks.

Figure 2-1 illustrates the current step in the overall installation process.

Figure 2-1 GUI Mode Installation Step

# Before You Install

Before you begin installing Liquid Data, confirm that the following conditions are met:

- WebLogic Server or WebLogic Platform 8.1 installed in the `<BEAHOME>` directory in which you are going to install Liquid Data.
- Liquid Data is not running on the system.

You must remove Liquid Data in cases when it is located in the same <`BEAHOME`> directory to which you plan to install. See Uninstalling Liquid Data for details.

- It is recommended for Windows (and a requirement for UNIX) that an entry for the JDK142_05 `bin` directory (for example `<BEA_HOME>/JDK142_05/bin`) be included in your PATH environment variable setting before any other JDK bin directories.

For additional information about installation prerequisites, see Installation Prerequisites in Preparing to Install Liquid Data.

# Installing Using GUI Mode

This section describes how to using the GUI installer application to install Liquid Data on Microsoft Windows and UNIX-based platforms.

To install Liquid Data in GUI mode:

1. Launch the GUI installer application.

On Microsoft Windows-based systems, do the following:

1. Navigate to the folder to which you downloaded the Liquid Data installer using Windows Explorer.
2. Double-click on the installer executable file `liquiddata_850_win32.exe`.

On UNIX and Linux-based systems, do the following:

1. Verify that the console attached to the machine on which you are installing the software supports a Java-based GUI.
2. Open a command window, and change (`cd`) to the directory to which you downloaded the Liquid Data installer file.
3. Start the installer in a new shell by entering the following:

sh `filename.bin`

where `filename.bin` is the name of the Liquid Data installation program specific to your platform. For example, enter the following to start the Solaris version of the Liquid Data installation program:

`sh liquiddata_850_solaris32.bin`

Similarly, enter the following to start the Linux version of the Liquid Data installation program:

`./liquiddata_850_linux32.bin`

The installer application welcomes you to install Liquid Data, as illustrated in Figure 2-2.

Figure 2-2 Liquid Data Installation Welcome

2. Click Next to begin the installation.

The License Agreement appears.

3. Review the License Agreement, using the scroll bar to display the text. Choose Yes to accept, and click Next.

A screen appears enabling you to specify the BEA home directory, as illustrated in Figure 2-3.

Figure 2-3 Choose BEA Home Directory

The BEA home (`<BEAHOME>`) directory serves as the central support directory for all the BEA products installed on your system. For a detailed description of how the `<BEAHOME>` directory is used, see "BEA Home Directory" in "Preparing to Install WebLogic Server" in Installing WebLogic Server. This document is available, in the BEA WebLogic Server document set, at the following URL:

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13222_01/wls/docs81/installprepare.html

4. Specify the BEA home directory, and click Next.

You can choose a directory from the list, or type the directory name in the BEA Home Directory field. You must install Liquid Data in the same directory where you installed WebLogic Platform 8.1

A warning message is displayed under two conditions:

- When a previously installed copy of Liquid Data 8.5 is found. In this case, you must uninstall Liquid Data before installing the product again.
- When WebLogic Platform 8.1 is not found in the specified BEA home directory. Verify that the specified directory has a WebLogic Platform 8.1 installation. If not, exit the Liquid Data installation and install WebLogic Platform 8.1 before proceeding with the Liquid Data installation.

A screen appears enabling you to choose the type of installation, as illustrated in Figure 2-4.

Figure 2-4 Choose Install Set

5. Choose either Complete or Custom as the install type, and click Next.

The following describes the options:

- Complete

This option installs all Liquid Data components, including the Liquid Data runtime, the WebLogic Workshop extensions, the WebLogic Administration Console, and sample domains.

- Custom

Enables you to choose the Liquid Data components to install. Choosing Custom causes the screen in Figure 2-5 to appear after you click Next. Choose the components and click Next.

Figure 2-5 Choosing Components to Install

The installer displays a progress screen, and begins installing the files on your system. When the installation is complete, the Installation Complete screen appears.

6. Click Done.

You have successfully installed Liquid Data.