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Check for Required Commands and Utilities

In order for the install setup program to run correctly, the following commands and utilities must be installed on your UNIX system:

• /bin/sh
• pwd
• read
• touch
• uname
• expr
• hostname
• sed
• awk
• chown
• grep
• tail
• tar
• id
• dirname
• gzip
• stty
• ulimit
• which

These relatively standard commands and utilities should be available on most UNIX distributions. However, if for any reason one of them is not available on your system, download and install a version appropriate to your UNIX system. It is recommended that you obtain any required files from your UNIX vendor.

Additionally, these commands and utilities must be accessible in the PATH environment variable of the user account that you use when installing BusinessObjects Enterprise. For details, see Create an Account, a Home Directory, and a Login Environment.