IBM InfoSphere Streams Version 4.1.1
Installing the Quick Start Edition for Linux
For the purposes of learning about InfoSphere® Streams, install the Quick Start Edition on a single computer as either a root or non-root user.
Before you begin
If you are running the installation program as a root user, the program prompts you to specify the user and group that will own the installed files. The root user cannot own the installed files.
If you are running the installation program as a non-root user, you are the owner of the InfoSphere Streams installation.
Important: For both root and
non-root installations, the user ID and group that own the installation must exist before running
the InfoSphere
Streams installation
program.
During the installation, you are prompted to specify
the root installation directory for the installed InfoSphere
Streams files. The installation
program appends a product version directory to the root directory. The default installation root
directory depends on your authority:
- If you have root authority, the default root directory is /opt/ibm/InfoSphere_Streams.
- If you do not have root authority, the default location is home-directory/InfoSphere_Streams.