Mac OS X Installation
The following provides complete instructions on installing Cascade Server on a Macintosh running OS X 10.4. Cascade Server requires OS X 10.4.2 or later.
Java Installation
Cascade Server requires Java 1.5 (aka Java 5.0). Note: version 1.5 is the most recent version available for OS X.
- Verify you are running version 1.5 by typing "java -version" at a command prompt. If you are not running version 1.5, you must install “Java for Mac OS X 10.4 Release 5” available from the Software Update utility. More information on this update can be found here.
- Set the JAVA_HOME system environment variable. First, ensure you are logged in as the user Cascade Server will run under. Next, add the following lines to your shell resource configuration file:
If your shell is bash, add the following lines to your ~/.bashrc file:
export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/Home
export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin
If your shell is tcsh, add the following lines to your ~/.tcshrc file:
setenv JAVA_HOME “/Library/Java/Home”
setenv PATH ${PATH}:$JAVA_HOME/bin
If no .bashrc or .tcshrc file exists in your home directory, create it with a text editor.
Unpack Cascade Server
Unzip the downloaded Cascade-Install-{VERSION}.zip in the directory you wish to install the program (please use the 'unzip' command line tool and not the 'gzip' tool). If you have not yet downloaded Cascade Server, please contact your account manager for access to the download site.
We recommend that you unzip the file to the Applications directory, which will create a new directory, /Applications/cascade.
Now you will need to install and configure your database server. Continue to the database installation section