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Background documentation SAP DB Software Components Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

You are installing installation packages that contain only individual SAP DB software components. You can do this to install missing components without having to update components that you do not need.

The installation of software components is more complex than the installation of installation profiles, and demands that the user understands and takes into account the dependencies that exist between the content or versions of the software.

Since this installation is not interactive and can run in the background only, you must in advance determine any other components you need to install first, and in which order. The installation program terminates the installation as soon as it recognizes that a dependency has been ignored. For this reason, use this installation type in special cases only.

The SAP DB software is divided into the following components:

Name

Description

Base

Programs for registering the installation, uninstallation tool, InstallRegistryViewer, and programs that the SAP application server needs to access the SAP DB Database System

PCR<version>

SAP DB Precompiler Runtime Package
Contains runtime libraries for applications created with the SAP DB C/C++ Precompiler for Embedded SQL
Can exist in multiple versions in the local installation directory

Server Utilities

Tools for administering the database kernel

Database Kernel

Database kernel with runtime environment

CPC Base

C++ Precompiler base (call programs for the precompiler)

CPC SDK <version>

C++ Precompiler

ODBC

SAP DB ODBC driver

DB Analyzer

Database Analyzer: Tool for analyzing database performance

Web Tools

Web-based database tools

Python Interface

Python interface

Perl Interface

Perl interface

APO LC APPS (from APO Version 4.0) or APO COM

For liveCache in the SAP APO system only: Libraries with APO liveCache routines

Caution

You must place any names of software components that contain blanks in double quotation marks.

Dependencies

The following dependencies exist between SAP DB software components:

Base ® PCR <version>
Base
®Server Utilities ® Database Kernel ® APO LC APPS | APO COM
Base [ ®  ODBC]*  ®  DB Analyzer
Base  ®ODBC  ®  Web Tools
Base
® CPC Base
Base
® CPC Base ® CPC SDK <version>
Base
®Perl
Base
®Python

* Required for DB Analyzer on Microsoft Windows only

Explanation of Dependencies

·         The Base software component is independent of all other packages.

·         PCR <version>cannot be installed until Base has been installed.

·         Server Utilities cannot be installed until Base has been installed.

¡        Database Kernel cannot be installed until Server Utilities has been installed.

¡        APO LC APPS or APO COM cannot be installed until Database Kernel has been installed

·         DB Analyzer cannot be installed until you have installed Base (on UNIX) or Base and ODBC (on Microsoft Windows).

·         ODBC cannot be installed until Base has been installed.

¡        Web Tools cannot be installed until ODBC has been installed.

·         CPC Bases cannot be installed until Base has been installed.

¡        CPC SDK <version> cannot be installed until CPC Base has been installed.

·         Perl cannot be installed until Base has been installed.

·         Python cannot be installed until Base has been installed.

 

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