Linux上.com.zerog.registry.xml文件的自定义InstallAnywhere位置

Question

I'm running into an issue where I do not have write access to the /var directory on a UNIX environment, and InstallAnywhere doesn't provide me the option of writing the .com.zerog.registry.xml to any other location for a product installation. Is there a parameter out there that allows for this file to be written to a different directory?

Answer 1

According to the IA docs:

If logged in as root, the global registry is located in \\var.

If logged in as a user, it is located in the user's home directory.

So, if you're running as root and can't write to /var , it sounds like a permissions problem with the /var directory, independent of IA. Check the permissions on /var .

If you're running as a non-root user, then the registry shouldn't be going to /var , but to $HOME/.com.zerog.registry.xml (FWIW, I just checked one of our test Linux boxes and found .com.zerog.registry.xml under both /var and under test-user $HOME directories. The docs appear to be correct).

I've also seen some very strange behavior if IA is low on space in $TMP. Make sure you have plenty of space there.

Also, have you considered running the installer with sudo , or the graphical equivalents kdesudo (KDE) and gksu (Gnome)? Those might get you where you want to go.