Planning the Order of Installation

Planning the Order of Installation

Inst automatically manages the installation order of the products on a single CD or in one distribution directory. However, if you expect to install software from more than one CD or distribution directory, you must plan the installation order, since some products require that other products be installed first.

If you are installing from multiple CDs, use the sequence numbers on their labels to put the CDs in order. Install the CDs starting with the lowest sequence number first. Use these guidelines to plan the order of your installation:

For miniroot installations, be sure that the first CD or distribution directory that you install contains installation tools. CDs containing installation tools are clearly marked.
If any CD has two sequence numbers, that CD is used twice during the installation. If you find no intervening sequence numbers, you need to insert the CD only once during the installation.
If you have two or more CDs with the same sequence number, the order of those CDs relative to each other does not matter. For example, assume that you have four CDs with sequence numbers 400, 500, 600, and 600. The CD labeled 400 is installed first, followed by the CD labeled 500. The order of the two CDs labeled 600 is irrelevant, as long as they are installed last.

If you are installing from several distribution directories, check to see what products are in each directory. Plan to install the products in this order:

installation tools (for miniroot installations)
operating system software
communications software
compilers
optional software