InstallAnywhere: Requirements

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InstallAnywhere is the leading multiplatform installation development solution for application producers who need to deliver a professional and consistent installation experience for physical, virtual and cloud environments. From a single project file and build environment, InstallAnywhere creates reliable installations for on-premises platforms – Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, IBM iSeries – and enables you to take existing and new software products to a virtual and cloud infrastructure.

System Requirements

This document shows the technical specifications for InstallAnywhere.

For Systems Running InstallAnywhere (Authoring Environment)

RAM 256 MB free
Color Minimum of 8-bit color depth (256 colors)
Resolution Minimum 1024 x 768 resolution
Operating System InstallAnywhere runs on the latest versions of these operating systems, fully updated with the most recent patches and service packs:

Windows
  • Windows 8 (x86 and x64)
  • Windows Server 2012 (x64)
  • Windows 7 (x86 and x64)
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows XP
  • Windows 2000

Macintosh
Mac OS X 10.4, 10.5, 10.6 (with Java 1.6+), and 10.7 (with Java 1.6+)

Linux
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5 and 6 (x86 and x64)
  • SUSE Linux 9, 10 (x86)
  • SUSE Linux 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 12.1 (x86 and x64)
  • Linux PPC 64-bit (build time only) only on JRE 1.6
  • Ubuntu 10.10, 11.10, and 12.04 (x86 and x64)
  • Fedora 14, 15 and 16 
Note: When you install InstallAnywhere on a Linux system, the installation attempts to create a symbolic link to the default Linux loader (/lib/ld-linux.so.2) if a link with the same name is not already present. The symbolic link is necessary for the host ID to be displayed on the Host ID dialog, and it is also necessary for successful nodelocked licensing. The link is present on systems that are Linux Standard Base (LSB) 3 compliant, but it may not be present on systems that are not LSB compliant. For more information, see Knowledge Base article Q209204.

Solaris
Solaris 9, 10, and 11 (SPARC)

Note: A Japanese-localized version of InstallAnywhere Enterprise Edition is available on the Windows platform only. Installers can be built from any platform for any other platform or language. Localizations for 31 languages are included with Enterprise Edition. Localizations for 9 languages are included with Standard Edition.

Note: In InstallAnywhere 2012, the InstallAnywhere Advanced Designer is no longer supported on AIX and HP-UX platforms. However, the runtime support for these platforms still continues to exist.


For Target Systems (Installer Environment)

RAM 64 MB free
Color Minimum of 8-bit color depth (256 colors)
Resolution Minimum 640 x 480 screen resolution
Operating System Installers run on any version of these operating systems, as long as the operating system supports Java 1.6 or later. Note, however, that Java 7 on Mac OS X is not supported.

Note: InstallAnywhere installers are not supported on beta or on early access releases unless explicitly mentioned.

Note: In InstallAnywhere 2012, JRE 1.4 for all JVMs is no longer supported for installer runtime environments.

Windows
  • Windows 8 (x86 and x64)
  • Windows Server 2012 (x64)
  • Windows 7 (x86 and x64)
  • Windows Server 2008 (x86 and x64)
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)
  • Windows Vista (x86 and x64)
  • Windows XP (x86, x64, Itanium 2, and AMD-64)
  • Windows Server 2003 (x86, x64, Itanium 2, and AMD-64)
  • Windows 2000 and NT (x86)

Macintosh
Mac OS X 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6 and 10.7 (Lion)

Linux
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 (x86, x64, Itanium 2, and AMD-64)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 (x86 and x64)
  • SUSE Linux 9, 10, 11, 12.1 (x86 and x64)
  • Linux on zSeries
  • Linux PPC (x64)
  • Ubuntu 9.10, 10.10, 11.4, 11.10, and 12.04 (x86 and x64)
  • Fedora 13, 14 and 15

Solaris
  • Solaris 11 (x86 and SPARC)
  • Solaris 9, 10 (x86, SPARC and AMD-64)

HP-UX
HP-UX 11i (Itanium 2 and PA-RISC)

AIX
AIX 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1 (Power/PowerPC)

IBM
  • i5/OS (OS/400) on System i - V5R3 and V5R4 (Enterprise Edition only)
  • z/OS

Other
  • FreeBSD
  • Other Linux and Unix operating systems (POSIXcompliant shell required)


Virtual Appliances

Starting with InstallAnywhere 2012, InstallAnywhere supports the creation of virtual appliances that run on VMware vSphere 5 and Amazon EC2 hypervisors.

System Requirements for Building and Auto-Deploying Virtual Appliances

The following table lists the system requirements for building and auto-deploying virtual appliances:

Hypervisor Category Requirements
VMware vSphere 5 / vCenter VMware vSphere 5 Credentials Credentials to a VMware vSphere 5 Server.
VMware vCenter Credentials If your VMware vSphere 5 Server is managed by a VMware vCenter 5 Server, then the credentials to the VMware vCenter Server are also required.

Note: A VMware vSphere 5 virtual appliance is deployable on:
  • Licensed VMware vSphere 5 Server (Standalone)
  • Licensed VMware vSphere 5 Server managed by a licensed VMware vCenter 5 Server
Host Machine Credentials to a physical/virtual machine which closely resembles the virtual appliance operating system.
VM Template VM template, created using InstallAnywhere, of one of the following operating systems:
  • Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) 32-bit
  • Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) 32-bit
  • CentOS 6.2 and 6.3 32-bit
The root user credentials to the VM template are also required.
Note: See System Requirements for Building VM Templates.
Amazon EC2 Amazon EC2 Credentials Account Number, Access Key, Secret Key, X.509 Certificate, and Private Key associated with your Amazon EC2 Account.
Host Machine Credentials to a physical/virtual machine which closely resembles the virtual appliance operating system.
VM Template VM template, created using InstallAnywhere, of one of the following operating systems:
  • Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) 32-bit
  • Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) 32-bit
The root user credentials to the VM template are also required.
Note: See System Requirements for Building VM Templates.

Operating System Requirements

If there are operating system packages specified for installation on either type of virtual appliance, then one of the following is to be provided:

  • Internet connection to enable download and installation of packages.
  • If no Internet connection is available, then a local repository copy of the Ubuntu / CentOS package needs to be created, and the details need to be provided on the Repository Settings tab of the VM Configuration tab of the Build Appliances task.

System Requirements for Building VM Templates

The following table lists the system requirements for building a VM template:

Hypervisor Operating Systems
VMware vSphere 5 / vCenter
  • VMware vSphere 5 Server credentials—The credentials should have sufficient privileges to create a VM, power on/off images, copy to/from datastores, and perform inventory operations.
  • VMware vCenter Server credentials—If a VMware vCenter Server is specified, then credentials to a VMware vSphere 5 host managed by this VMware vCenter Server is also required.
  • Host machine—Credentials to a physical/virtual machine which closely resembles the virtual appliance operating system.
  • Operating system ISO file—An ISO file containing the installation of the operating system.
  • VMware tools—Location of a downloaded version of a compatible VMware tools package, which needs to be in *.tar.gz format.
Amazon EC2
  • Host machine—Credentials to a physical/virtual machine which closely resembles the virtual appliance operating system.
  • Internet connection—Optionally, if you want to create a VM template using a cloud image provided by the OS vendors, then an active connection to the Internet is also required.
Note: When building VM templates, it is recommended that the machine is connected to the Internet to enable the installation of updates to the packages, if available.


Supported Java Virtual Machines

Sun 1.5.x, 1.6.x, 1.7.x
IBM 1.5.x, 1.6.x, 1.7.x
Apple 1.5.x, 1.6.x
HP 1.5.x, 1.6.x
Oracle 1.7.x

Note: While InstallAnywhere 2011 and all of its service packs will continue to support Java Runtime Environment 1.4 (JRE 1.4), users are requested to consider moving to a later release of the JRE. In the next major release of InstallAnywhere, InstallAnywhere 2012, JRE 1.4 will no longer be supported.


The InstallAnywhere installer installs Java 1.7 VM packs. Any Java virtual machine can be bundled with an installer ensuring that the target system meets the minimum requirements for both the installers and your applications. To download additional VM packs, go to InstallAnywhere Downloads and open the VM Packs tab.

Note: InstallAnywhere installers are not supported on beta or on early access releases of Java.

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