3.1.2 Extracting the Software

To extract the software:

1. Create a directory to use when unpacking this release and future releases of. For the purpose of these instructions, this designated directory is referred to as the "staging directory".

2. Unpack the release, namely the *.tgz file into the staging directory. A directory is then created in the staging directory that contains the software to be installed. For the purpose of these instructions, this directory is referred to as the "release content directory".

3. Extract the installation parameters file using the following command session. It is assumed that the release content directory is the working directory when the command session below is executed.

To extract the release content directory and the installation parameters:

1. Extract the contents of the *.tgz file:
   
   $ tar xvzf <filename>.tgz
    

2. Enter the release content directory:
   
   $ cd ./<release content directory>

     

3. Extract the install.xml file:
   
   $ ./setup.sh prepare

The *.mzp packages should now be extracted and the file install.xml should be located in the release content directory.