InstallAnywhere: Requirements

Multiplatform Software Installer to Author Cross-Platform Installations

 

InstallAnywhere is the leading multiplatform application installer for software producers who need to deliver a professional and consistent cross platform installation experience for desktop and server applications. From a single project file and build environment, InstallAnywhere enables developers to create reliable installations for the broadest range of current platforms including Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX , HP-UX, and IBM iSeries.
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System Requirements

This document shows the technical specifications for InstallAnywhere.

For Systems Running InstallAnywhere (Authoring Environment)

RAM 128 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 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
  • 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 and 5 (x86)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • SUSE Linux 9, 10 (32-bit x86)
  • SUSE Linux 11.2, 11.3 (32-bit x86 and 64-bit)
  • Linux PPC 64-bit (build time only) only on JRE 1.6
  • Ubuntu 10.10 (32-bit x86)
  • Fedora 14
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)
HP-UX
HP-UX 11i (PA-RISC)
AIX
AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 (Power/PowerPC)

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.


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 1.4 or later (including JRE 7.0).

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.
Windows
  • Windows 7 (x86 and x64)
  • Windows Vista (x86 and x64)
  • Windows XP (x86, x64, Itanium 2, and AMD-64)
  • Windows Server 2008 (x86 and x64)
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
  • 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, Itanium 2, and AMD-64)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • SUSE Linux 9, 10, 11.2, 11.3 (x86)
  • Linux on zSeries
  • Linux PPC (64-bit) 
  • Ubuntu 9.10 (x86)
  • Fedora 13 and 14
Solaris
  • Solaris 9, 10, and 11 (SPARC, x86, and AMD-64)
  • Solaris 11 (Intel)
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)


Supported Java Virtual Machines

Sun 1.4.x, 1.5.x, 1.6.x
IBM 1.4.x, 1.5.x, 1.6.x
Apple 1.4.x, 1.5.x, 1.6.x
HP 1.4.x, 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 1.6 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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