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# Important Information

This document covers the following topics:

- Administrator Status

- User ID for Installation

- Installation Directory

- File Permissions

- Side-by-Side Installations

- FNAT Usage

- Upgrading Your Predict Environment

- Updating Your Predict Environment

## Administrator Status

During the installation, the Sudo panel may appear. This happens because Predict depends on the installation of Natural where the Sudo panel may be used. For the installation of Predict, however, you do not need sudoers privileges.

## User ID for Installation

Predict depends on Natural. Therefore, the user ID under which you run the Software AG Installer must not be longer than eight characters. If you use a longer user ID, an error message is shown. You can then exit the installer and use a different user ID or - in case you also want to install other products - return to the product selection tree and deselect Predict.

## Installation Directory

During the installation, you are asked to specify an installation directory. The installation of Predict requires the installation of Natural. If Natural is already installed, choose the directory of your Natural installation. Otherwise, see Installation in the Natural for Linux documentation for detailed information regarding the installation directory. The user that you are using to install must have full read and write permissions to this directory.

## File Permissions

The user who starts the installation owns all files that are installed.

The user file-creation mode mask (`umask` command) determines the file permissions for newly created files. Make sure that the `umask` command you are using for the installation will not prevent users from accessing and executing the installed files. On Linux systems, for example, the command `umask 022` allows full access rights for the file owner and read-only access rights for group members and others.

## Side-by-Side Installations

Predict is a Natural application. Therefore, the rules for Natural also apply for Predict. For detailed information regarding side-by-side installations, see Installation in the Natural for Linux documentation.

## FNAT Usage

By default, a new `FNAT` system file is created in the installation directory during the installation of Natural (<install-dir>/Natural/fnat). This `FNAT` must always exist, and the global configuration file must have an entry which defines this `FNAT`.

Predict can only be installed into this `FNAT`.

Note
If you want to check or edit the settings in the global configuration file, use the Natural Configuration Utility.

The Software AG Installer maintains an internal list of installed products, which must coincide with the add-ons that are currently installed in the `FNAT`. This is important for updates and uninstallations to work correctly.

For this reason:

- Do not install products into the `FNAT` without the use of the Software AG Installer.

- Do not replace the default `FNAT` (<install-dir>/Natural/fnat) with another `FNAT`.

- Make sure to complete the installation of Predict by using the SYSPCI utility (this is explained later in this documentation).

If an error occurs due to the above-mentioned scenarios, the only way to solve the problem is a new installation. In some situations, one of the following workarounds may help:

- Workaround 1: Complete the previous installation by using the SYSPCI utility.

- Workaround 2: Uninstall the product and then start the installation once more.

## Upgrading Your Predict Environment

Predict is a Natural application. Therefore, it is not possible to upgrade an existing Predict installation under Natural Version 9.2 with a Predict Version 8.6 installation.

## Updating Your Predict Environment

When the first two digits of the version number remain the same and the third or fourth digit changes, we consider an installation as an update installation.

An update installation does not prompt again for license files. The existing license files will be used.

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- Administrator Status
- User ID for Installation
- Installation Directory
- File Permissions
- Side-by-Side Installations
- FNAT Usage
- Upgrading Your Predict Environment
- Updating Your Predict Environment