4.3 Installing LiveCycle

  1. Start the installation program:

    • (Windows) Navigate to the \server\Disk1\InstData\Windows_64\VM directory on the installation media or folder on your hard disk where you copied the installer. Right-click the install.exe file and select Run as administrator.

    • (Non-Windows) Navigate to the appropriate directory, and from a command prompt, type ./install.bin.

      • (Linux) /server/Disk1/InstData/Linux/NoVM

      • (Solaris) /server/Disk1/InstData/Solaris/NoVM

  2. When prompted, select the language for the installation to use and click OK.

  3. On the Introduction screen, click Next.

  4. If you have a previous version of LiveCycle ES2, ADEP, or LiveCycle ES3 installed on the computer where you are running the installer, the Preparation for Upgrade screen appears.

    Note: If you are performing an out-of-place upgrade on a new machine, this screen is not shown.

    • Prepare to upgrade existing installation to Adobe LiveCycle ES4:

      Do not select this option if you are performing a fresh installation.

    • Install Adobe LiveCycle ES4: Installs LiveCycle afresh.

    Select Next to continue.

  5. On the Choose Install Folder screen, accept the default directory or click Choose and navigate to the directory where you intend to install LiveCycle, and then click Next. If you type the name of a directory that does not exist, it is created for you.

    Click Restore Default Folder to restore the default directory path.

  6. (Windows only) On the Manual Installation Options screen, select the target deployment option and click Next:

    • Windows (Local): Select this option if you are installing and deploying LiveCycle on the local server.

    • Staged (Installed on Windows, targeting remote systems): Select this option if you plan to use Windows as a staging platform for your deployment and then select the target operating system on the remote server. You can select a UNIX operating system as the target for deployment even if you are installing on Windows. (See 4.2.3 Installing on a Windows staging platform for Linux or UNIX.)

    Note: The adobe-livecycle-weblogic.ear fails to deploy on a remote machine if secured datasources are used with WebLogic. For more information, see this Technote.

  7. Read the Adobe LiveCycle ES4 License Agreement, select I accept to accept the terms of the license agreement and then click Next. If you do not accept the license agreement, you cannot continue.

  8. On the Pre-Installation Summary screen, review the details and click Install. The installation program displays the progress of the installation.

  9. Review the Release Notes information and click Next.

  10. Review the details on the Install Complete screen.

  11. The Start LiveCycle Configuration Manager checkbox is selected by default. Click Done to run the Configuration Manager.

    Note: (Adobe® LiveCycle® PDF Generator 11 for Windows only) If Acrobat is not installed on all nodes in the cluster, install it now. Then complete the steps in 8.6 Configuring PDF Generator.
    Note: To run Configuration Manager later, deselect the Start LiveCycle Configuration Manager option before you click Done. You can start Configuration Manager later using the appropriate script in the [LiveCycle root]/configurationManager/bin directory. See the Configuring LiveCycle For Deployment chapter in this guide.

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