2.2.1 Minimum hardware and software requirements

Workbench

The following requirements are recommended as the minimum:

Disk space for installation:
- 680 MB for Workbench only
- 2.15 GB on a single drive for a full installation of Workbench, Designer, and the samples assembly
- 400 MB for temporary install directories - 200 MB in the user \temp directory and 200 MB in the Windows temporary directory
Note: If all of these locations reside on a single drive, there must be 1.5 GB of space available during installation. The files copied to the temporary directories are deleted when installation is complete.
Hardware requirement: Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD equivalent, 1 GHz processor.
Download and install the latest version of Adobe AIR (from http://www.adobe.com) required for Community Help Client, integrated with Workbench.
Java™ Runtime Environment (JRE) 6.0 update 22 or later updates to 6.0 *New for 10*
Minimum1024 X 768 pixels or greater monitor resolution with 16-bit color or higher
TCP/IPv4 or TCP/IPv6 network connection to the LiveCycle server

Note: If you have Adobe® Acrobat® X installed on your machine, ensure that you uninstall it before installing Workbench. You can reinstall Acrobat after installing Workbench.

Note: You must have Administrative privileges to install Workbench. If you are installing using a non-administrator account, the installer will prompt you for the credentials for an appropriate account.

Designer

The following minimum requirements are necessary to take advantage of the latest Designer features.

A minimum of Acrobat X Pro Extended is required to benefit from all the new features in Designer 10.
Adobe® Flash® Player 10.2 or later.
(Optional) Adobe® Flash® Builder™ 4.5 or later.
(Optional) Adobe® Flex® 4 SDK (required for customizing form guide (deprecated) components that are shipped with Designer).

Note: Use the Flex 4 SDK included with the Designer installer only. Do not use any version of Flex SDK obtained from the Adobe web site.