Prerequisites for installing and running Agent Builder

To install and run Agent Builder, your system must meet certain requirements.

To install the Agent Builder, ensure that you have:
  • A system with a minimum of 1 GB of free disk space. Agents that you develop will require additional disk space.
  • A supported operating system. Agent Builder can run on the following operating systems:
    • WindowsWindows
    • LinuxLinux® (x86 64-bit only)
  • LinuxIf you are using the Linux operating system, you must install the libstdc++.so.5 library. You can install the following packages that provide this library:
    • On Red Hat Enterprise Linux, compat-libstdc++-33
    • On SUSE Enterprise Linux, libstdc++-33

WindowsOn a Windows system, you must be able to run Agent Builder as a user with Administrator permissions. These permissions ensure that Agent Builder has an environment consistent with the agents that are developed with it.

LinuxOn a Linux system, you can run Agent Builder as root or as an ordinary user. However, if you run it as an ordinary user, testing of agents will be limited and in some cases might not be available.