Installation

About this chapter

This chapter describes how to install Data Architect for the various supported platforms.

Linux/HP-UX/Solaris

PRE-INSTALL

Data Architect will only work when an ODBC sub-system has been installed. You should also have an ODBC driver installed for each database type you want to connect to. Fortunately; all popular Linux distributions contain unixODBC - but it may not be installed by default. Use the package installer for your Linux system to ensure that you have unixODBC installed. Some database drivers will come with your Linux distribution - others will have to be obtained from your database vendor.

INSTALL

Making applications available for Linux is made difficult by the fact that there are so many variations of Linux available. We have attempted to address this by making two types of installation methods (rpm and tar based);

1. DA rpm/tar-ball package
2. thekompany support package ( rpm/tar-ball )
3. plugins tar-ball

The rpm packages are only available on linux. The default install location for thekompany support package is /usr/local/thekompany. The rpm package should be used for those systems which support it (SuSE, Red Hat, Mandrake, etc) and the tar-ball should be used for all others( including unixes). In order to install the plugins just uncompress the tar-ball into DA install path, under the "plugins" folder.

EXECUTE

You can execute Data Architect from a terminal or from a desktop icon. The installation does not create a desktop icon automatically. Refer to your desktop documentation for information on how to do this. In anycase; it is usually a good idea to execute Data Architect from a terminal the first time this is done - this allows any terminal errors or messages to be viewed and may be useful in determining any problems. To execute Data Architect from a terminal simple change to the directory containing "dataarchitect" and execute like this; "./dataarchitect". You can also add Data Architect install dir bin into the user/system PATH variable.

Windows XP

PRE-INSTALL

Data Architect will only work when an ODBC sub-system has been installed. You should also have an ODBC driver installed for each database type you want to connect to. Fortunately; an ODBC sub-system is installed by default. An added bonus is that a number of drivers are included. You should contact your database vendor if a driver does not exist for database.

INSTALL

Execute the installation and follow the provided steps. In order to install the plugins just uncompress the zip into DA install path, under the "plugins" folder.

EXECUTE

Upon completion of the install you will find any; programs, examples, and documentation in the destination directory, you may find a desktop icon, and you will find new menu items in your Start menu.

OSX

PRE-INSTALL

Data Architect will only work when an ODBC sub-system has been installed. You should also have an ODBC driver installed for each database type you want to connect to. Fortunately; an ODBC sub-system is installed by default for OSX versions 10.4 and later. Unfortunately; this does not include any drivers so you will have to contact your database vendor to obtain a driver for your database.

INSTALL

We deliver the package as a tar-ball, which will contain the universal package dmg and tksql as a standalone application. Open the dmg file as usual. You will find a package file in the resulting drive. Open the package to install the software.

The package was built on OSX 10.4 (Tiger) and thus uses the most recent version of the development software. Therefore; this program will not work on older versions of OSX.

EXECUTE

Data Architect will be installed into the Applications folder. Use Finder to navigate to the Applications folder, find the program, and open it.

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