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Installing the UserInterface (UNIX)

This document describes the hotfix installation procedure for the UserInterface.

The Automation Engine UserInterface is programmed in Java. Therefore, Java 2 JRE (Java Runtime Environment) must be installed on the computers on which the UserInterface is to be installed.

Requirements

Valid user ID for installation (AE)

Supplied Files

The UserInterface files can be found in the directory IMAGE:USERINTERFACE\UNIX. The individual files are combined in the ucdj.tar.gz file.

Procedure

	1.	Installing the current Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version

Skip this installation step if the required version of JRE is already installed.

Admin computer and/or user computer
Use the following command to check which version of Java Virtual Machine (VM) is currently installed.

java -version

Make sure that the directories are in the appropriate order in %PATH% or $PATH if several JRE or Java SDK versions are installed on the computer. The Java Runtime Environment that is found first in the list will be used.

Download the required Java Runtime Environment from http://java.sun.com and install it.

	2.	Installing the UserInterface

Admin computer and/or user computer
Log on using the user ID uc4.
Transfer the ucdj.tar.gz directory from IMAGE:UserInterface/unix to /opt/globalDC using the binary FTP.
Unpack the transferred tar files in the current directory (/opt/globalDC).
gzip -d ucdj.tar.gz or gunzip ucdj.tar.gz
tar xvf ucdj.tar

(Linux: tar -zxvf ucs???.tar.gz)

	3.	Adapting the configurationA set of constituent components that make up a system. This includes information on how the components are connected including the settings applied. files

Admin computer and/or user computer
The existing configuration files are not overwritten; supplied files are saved in UC4CONFIG.ORI.XML or LOGIN_DAT.ORI.XML. If necessary according to the current Release Notes, adjust the configuration file uc4config.xml.

	4.	Starting the UserInterface

Admin computer and/or user computer
Use the following command in order to execute the start script:

chmod +x ucdj.sh