Adding components to previously installed products

You can add components and subcomponents to existing OpenEdge installations without having to enter any data other than the required components or subcomponents.

1. At the command line, type the shell script destination-path/proaddcomp to run the add feature. The Select Products dialog box appears:

Note: All previously installed products appear on this list. The Select Products dialog box allows you to select and deselect OpenEdge products for which you want to add components or subcomponents.

2. Select or deselect a product by highlighting the product and pressing RETURN. An asterisk (*) indicates that a product is selected. If you want to select the first product on the list, you must first press RETURN to deselect the product and then press RETURN again to select it. When you select a product the Select Components dialog box appears:

Note: The Select Subcomponents dialog box lists the subcomponents for the component you selected. The symbol (r) indicates that a subcomponent is recommended and will be installed automatically unless you deselect it. Mandatory components are not displayed.

3. If the selected component has subcomponents the Select Subcomponents dialog box appears:

Note: The Select Components dialog box lists only those components that have not been previously installed. Select or deselect a component to install by highlighting the component and pressing RETURN. An asterisk (*) indicates that a component is selected.

a. Select or deselect a subcomponent by highlighting the component and pressing RETURN. An asterisk (*) indicates that a subcomponent is selected.

b. Choose Previous Menu and press RETURN when you have selected all the subcomponents you want to add.

4. Choose Install Selected Products from the Select Products dialog box and press RETURN. The Done Selecting Products Confirmation dialog box appears:

5. Type Y to continue with the installation or N to select additional components or subcomponents. The Copy Scripts? dialog box appears:

Note: OpenEdge products consist of several scripts and program modules. When you install a product, the scripts are placed in the installation directory you specify.

6. Choose one of the following:

To allow all users on your system to run the product, you should answer Yes when prompted to copy the scripts to /usr/bin. Type Y to instruct the Installation Utility to place OpenEdge scripts in /usr/bin and in the destination pathname you specified earlier.

Caution: Answering Y might cause the OpenEdge Installation Utility to overwrite existing executables in this directory.

Type N to instruct the Installation Utility to place OpenEdge scripts in the destination pathname you specified earlier.

If you are maintaining two versions of OpenEdge on the same machine, answer N to this question.

While OpenEdge decompresses the files, the Installing Files dialog box appears:

While OpenEdge tailors the files, the Tailoring OpenEdge Files dialog box appears:

7. Press RETURN. When the installation is complete, OpenEdge returns you to the UNIX system prompt.