Create a Depot from DVDs

To create your SAS Software Depot from your software order on DVDs, follow these steps:
  1. Make sure that you have completed the Pre-Installation Checklist.
    Note: If you plan to move your SAS software order to another machine running a different operating system after you download it, please read the following SAS Note available at http://support.sas.com/kb/38/258.html.
  2. As the SAS Installer user (for example, sas), log on to the machine on which you want to install SAS.
  3. Mount the DVD that contains your SAS software order.
  4. At the root of the mounted file system, run setup.sh.
    You should see output similar to the following:
    Preparing the SAS Deployment Wizard...
Launching the SAS Deployment Wizard...
    The Choose Language dialog box is displayed.
    Choose Language dialog box
    Select the language that you want the download manager to use when it displays text, and click OK.
    The download manager splash screen is displayed.
    SAS Deployment Wizard splash screen
    The Select Deployment Task page is displayed.
    Select Deployment Task page
  5. Select Create or Add to a SAS Software Depot and click Next.
    The Specify Order Details page is displayed.
    Specify Order Details page
    You have the option to Click to see the contents of your order that correspond with the SAS Products to Include below.
    When you click this link, the SAS Order Information page is displayed.
    SAS Order Information page
  6. Return to the Specify Order Details page of the deployment wizard and click Next.
    The Specify Order Options page is displayed.
    Specify Order Options page
  7. Make sure that Include complete order contents is selected and click Next.
    The Specify SAS Software Depot Directory page is displayed.
    Specify SAS Software Depot Directory page
    Enter the location where you want to create your SAS Software Depot (for example, /opt/sas9.4/depot), and click Next.
    If you have not yet created the depot directory, you see the following alert box.
    Select an Option alert box
    Click Yes, to have the deployment wizard create the directory automatically for you.
    The Final Review page is displayed.
    Final Review page
  8. Review the information displayed in the window. If you want to change any earlier choices that you made, click Back.
    When you are ready to create your software depot, click Start.
    The Adding SAS Software Order page is displayed with the estimated time it will take to create the software depot.
    Adding SAS Software Order page
    Wait until the SAS Software Order Added page is displayed.
    SAS Software Order Added page
  9. Click Next.
    Another instance of the SAS Software Order Added page is displayed.
    SAS Software Order Added page
    The SAS Software Order Added page identifies the software order that you have added to your new SAS Software Depot, and confirms the directory that contains your depot.
  10. Click Finish.
  11. Make sure that the files contained in your SAS Software Depot are owned by your SAS Installation user and have the correct permissions. (Your user ID is referred to as the SAS Installation user.)
    In the following example, sas is the SAS Installation user, and sasgroup is the SAS installation group: 
    cd /opt/sas9.4/depot
chmod -R 755 .    
chown -R sas:sasgroup .
  12. If you want to verify the integrity of your SAS Software Depot, proceed to Checking Your SAS Software Depot.
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