# Installation Guide

### Installing the library manager

The library manager holds your VisualAge Smalltalk source code. The VisualAge Smalltalk Enterprise - Library Manager should be installed before installing VisualAge Smalltalk Client. The Manager should be installed first, on a server accessible by those application programmers who will be using VisualAge. The Manager needs to be installed just once, by a system administrator. The client should be installed by the system administrator on each workstation.

To install the VisualAge Smalltalk Enterprise - Library Manager, do the following:

1. On the Welcome window, select View Readme to view the readme file for any late-breaking information on the UNIX version of VisualAge.
2. On the License Agreement window, read the license agreement. If you agree to the terms and conditions, select Accept. Otherwise select Decline and exit the installation.
3. On the Select Features window check off the feature you wish to install by clicking the box next to the feature. Click Next to continue.
4. You will now be asked to complete the installation. Verify that all of the information is correct and click Next. The product will now install.
5. When the installation is complete, click Finish to end the install program or View Readme to view the `readme` file.

The files are installed to `/opt/IBMvast/6.0` directory.

The size of the library manager will grow considerably as optional features are loaded and as source code accumulates during the course of a development effort. It is possible to install the library manager on a filesystem other than `/opt`, and to run the EMSRV daemon with the library manager on the alternate filesystem. This may be a convenient configuration for managing the growth of the library manager and for maintenance backups.

To install the library manager on an alternate filesystem you must complete a couple of steps manually. Before performing the install, create a `/opt/IBMvast/6.0/manager` filesystem which is mounted on a logical volume other than the volume on which `/opt` is mounted, or define `/opt/IBMvast/6.0/manager` as a symbolic link to a directory on such an alternate filesystem.

Note:
  The filesystem on which the library manager resides must be mounted on a local drive. The EMSRV daemon will not operate if the library manager file is on a remote NFS filesystem.

Note:
  You do not need to reboot your machine after installation.

If you are using EMSRV, you must set up and start EMSRV after you install the library manager.

- Setting up EMSRV for UNIX operating systems
- Starting EMSRV for UNIX operating systems

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