Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Deployment:
Managing 4GL Applications

> ## Preparing the UNIX software environment

> When you install OpenEdge, the installation program prepares the software environment. In the UNIX software environment, OpenEdge uses the `buildenv` script to maintain environment variables.

> The OEBuild utility script calls the `buildenv.sh` script. The `buildenv.sh` script sets default values for environment variables that point to objects, libraries, and options involved in linking executables. You can edit this script to customize environments for different sites.

> The OEBuild script has software and environment requirements, as follows:

> - Build the executable on the same platform on which it is to be run.

> - Verify that there is a linker installed on your system, and that the `PATH` environment variable contains the path to the C++ compiler and the linker.

> - Verify settings for OpenEdge environment variables. Set `DLC` to the directory where you have installed OpenEdge.

> - Verify that the `buildenv.sh` script (located in the `$DLC/oebuild/make` directory) includes the appropriate environment variable settings for your system.

> For more information about UNIX environment variables, see OpenEdge Getting Started: Installation and Configuration . For more information on maintaining environment variables in the `buildenv` script, see the section on maintaining the UNIX user environment in OpenEdge Deployment: Managing 4GL Applications .

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