Install Dimensions CM Make‌

Legal considerations‌

Some of the OpenText Dimensions CM and ADG executables and associated libraries are derived from source code covered by the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE and the GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE.

Specifically:

File UNIX and Windows UNIX Only Windows Only
adg Y    
dm_make Y    
dm_nmake     Y
libmcx.so   Y  
mcx.dll     Y

As a condition of the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE and the GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, source code for the above discussed executable and library files is also available, see the Dimensions CM Make Guide for details.

Dimensions CM Make executables‌

To download the Dimensions CM Make executables, contact Support.

Pre-installation requirements‌

  • Dimensions CM server or client.

  • UNIX "uncompress" utility.

Install Dimensions Make‌

  1. Log in as a user root.

  2. Download and extract the contents of the UNIX tar version of the Dimensions CM Make files. Make sure that these files are located in a single directory with appropriate permissions and access to Dimensions CM.

  3. Enter the following OS command to run the installer script: 

    # sh install_make

  4. When prompted to continue installation enter 'y' to continue or RETURN to exit. The Dimensions CM Make installer searches the current directory for the file make_reply.txt. It uses this file to save your replies to the questions it asks during installation so that they can be provided as default answers during subsequent re- installations.

  5. Read the license agreement and enter q to exit the UNIX more utility.

  6. When prompted, enter y(es) to accept the terms of the license agreement, then enter c(confirm).

  7. If prompted, supply the name of a directory containing a make_reply.txt file generated during a previous installation. Or enter c to create one.

  8. When prompted enter the path to the installation medium. This is the absolute or relative pathname of the file dimensions_make.tar located in the same directory as the install_make script.

  9. When prompted, enter the Dimensions CM system administrator ID. This is the user responsible for all Dimensions CM database and maintenance operations (normally, dmsys).

  10. When prompted enter the absolute path to the Dimensions CM root installation directory. This corresponds to the environment variable $installdir.