Overview of Creating Your SAS Software Depot

Before you can install SAS, you must have a SAS Software Depot to install from. A SAS Software Depot is a file system that consists of SAS installation files that represent one or more orders. The depot is organized in a specific format that is meaningful to the SAS Deployment Wizard, which is the program that you use to install SAS.
How you create your SAS Software Depot depends on what software order distribution method you are using: Electronic Software Delivery (ESD) or physical media (DVDs).
  • If you are using ESD, take these steps:
    1. Use a web browser to download and install a program called the SAS Download Manager.
    2. Run the download manager to simultaneously download your SAS order and create your SAS Software Depot.
    3. Change permission and ownership of your SAS Software Depot directories.
  • If you are using physical media, take these steps:
    1. Mount the DVD that contains your SAS software order.
    2. Run a program called the SAS Deployment Wizard to create your SAS Software Depot.
    3. Change permission and ownership of your SAS Software Depot directories.
After you create your software depot, you can use the SAS Software Depot Checker Utility to check that your SAS Software Depot is valid.
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