Before you install PowerBuilder, you need to perform the following tasks:
Read the release bulletin for the latest information on the products you are installing. Pay close attention to the “Special Installation Instructions” section.
The release bulletin is available on the Getting Started CD.
Release bulletins are also available at the Product Manuals Web site. The release bulletin at this site sometimes contains more recent information than the bulletin on the Getting Started CD.
A readme.txt file for Adaptive Server Anywhere is available in the ASAnywhere9 directory on the CD.
Make sure the drive where you install PowerBuilder is not compressed. If compression is enabled on the installation drive, the setup program fails.
Make sure you have a TEMP environment variable that points to an existing directory location with at least 300MB free space. The setup programs write files to this directory during the installation and free the space after the installation is complete.
Close any open PowerBuilder applications.
Back up your files. See “Backing up your files”.
Read “Required software for PowerBuilder features” to determine whether you need to install any software before installing PowerBuilder 10.5.
