Beginning the Installation

To begin the installation, perform the following steps:

1. Select 1. INSTALL from the DCE Main Menu.

The dce_config script prompts for whether you are installing from the file system or from a media device.

Location of DCE Binaries ( on node_name )

1. Filesystem
2. Media

selection:

At this point, you have two choices:

a. Type 1 and press <Return> to install the binaries from the install tree on the file system.

The dce_config script then displays:

Enter the full path to the DCE binary install tree.
This will be the directory that contains the
.../opt/dce1.1 directory:

Type the full path name to the install tree and press <Return>.

b. Type 2 and press <Return> to install the binaries from the install tree on a media device.

The dce_config script then displays:

Enter name of media device (/dev/rmt0):

Type the name of the media device that contains the install tree and press <Return>.

After you have specified the location of the install tree, dce_config displays:

By default, the DCE binaries will be COPIED from the
install tree into /opt/dcelocal/bin. In order to
save space, you can choose to simply symlink them instead.

1. Copy
2. Symlink

2. Type 1 to copy the binary files to your node or 2 to access the binary files through symbolic links and press <Return>.

The dce_config script displays the DCE Installation Menu:

DCE Installation Menu ( on node_name )

1. Security Server
2. CDS Server
3. DTS Server
4. GDS Server
5. DFS Server

6. DCE Client
7. Application Development Environment
8. Optional Utilities
9. Replica Security Server
10. DFS Client

98. Return to previous menu
99. Exit

selection:

From the DCE Installation Menu, you can choose to install any of the following items by typing the number associated with your selection at the selection prompt:

· The master Security server binaries and the CDS, DTS, GDS, and DFS server binaries

· The replica Security server binaries, the DFS client binaries, and all other components' client binaries

· The IDL compiler and header files for use in DCE application development

· The following optional utility:

- cdsbrowser
A a tool for viewing the content and structure of the namespace that runs under windowing software based on the OSF/Motif

Note: From the DCE Installation Menu, you can enter multiple selections separated by spaces. For example to install the Security server, the CDS server, and the DFS server, you would enter 1 2 5. This function can be especially useful if you have set the environment variables described in Customizing the dce_config Processing.

The remainder of this topic first describes the prompts that you may receive during the installation of all DCE components and how to answer those prompts. After these descriptions, the steps to perform each type of installation available from the DCE Installation Menu are described.