This documentation describes the installation of Natural on a UNIX platform. The following topics are covered:

Installing and Setting Up Software AG Products on UNIX	Gives information about the installation package and the Software AG environment and describes the pre-installation steps which are common to all installations of Software AG products on a UNIX platform. It is relevant if you are installing a Software AG product for the first time.
Installing and Setting Up Natural on UNIX	Describes how to start the installation of Natural and guides you through the step-by-step instructions for the Natural installation.
Activating the Natural Buffer Pool on UNIX	Describes the procedure which is used to activate the buffer pool during system startup.
Activating the Natural Development Server on UNIX	Describes the procedure which is used to activate the Natural Development Server during system startup.
Activating the Natural Web I/O Interface Daemon on UNIX	Describes the procedure which is used to activate the Natural Web I/O Interface during system startup.
Installing Natural Security on UNIX	Describes how to start the installation of Natural Security and guides you through the step-by-step instructions for the Natural Security installation.
After the Installation	Describes the actions necessary after the installation of Natural and/or Natural Security has been successfully completed.
Uninstalling Natural on UNIX	Describes how to uninstall Natural and other Natural components.

Note:
Before installing Natural, please refer to the files install.txt and readme.txt in the directory unix/<platform>/nat/<version> of the installation medium. The file install.txt contains information that you should be aware of before you start the installation. The file readme.txt contains information that you should be aware of after the installation has completed and before you start to use Natural.

Conventions

The following terms are used throughout this documentation.

version	Refers to a specific major or minor version, service pack or fix of Natural.
platform	This is a text string representing the name of the UNIX platform, for example "sun" or "hpux".