3.2 Installing QuickFinder Server

If you did not install QuickFinder Server during the network operating system installation, you can install it anytime by using the installation media.

For more information about the install process, see the OES 2: NetWare Installation Guide and the OES 2: Linux Installation Guide.

3.2.1 Installing QuickFinder Server From the NetWare 6.5 SP7 Media

  1. Insert theCD/DVD into the drive of the server where you want to install QuickFinder.

  2. Type startx at the system console, then press Enter to start the NetWare GUI.

  3. Click Novell > Install > Add.

  4. In the Source Path dialog box, specify the path to the CD, or click the Browse button and locate the CD.

  5. Select the postinst.ni response file, then click OK.

  6. From the products list, select QuickFinder Server.

  7. Click Next.

  8. When prompted, specify your administrator username and password, and your user context.

  9. Click OK.

  10. Follow the remaining screen prompts.

IMPORTANT:After the installation is complete, you must restart the NetWare server. Enter restart server at the system console. Also, if you are upgrading from a previous version of QuickFinder Server or Web Search, you must regenerate any older indexes before they can be searched. For more information, see Generating Indexes.

For instructions about accessing the QuickFinder Server Manager, which is the interface for configuring and managing QuickFinder, see Accessing QuickFinder Server Manager on NetWare.

3.2.2 Installing QuickFinder Server From the OES for Linux Media

If you did not install QuickFinder when you installed OES 2, you can install it by using the YaST Control Center.

  1. Launch the YaST Control Center.

    GNOME: Click Computer > More Applications > System > YaST.

    KDE: Click the menu button > System > YaST.

  2. Click Software > Add-on Product.

  3. Click Open Enterprise Server > OES Install and Configuration.

  4. On the Software Selection page, select Novell QuickFinder.

    Services that are already installed have a blue check mark in the check box next to the service.

  5. Click Accept.

  6. Change the default configuration information as prompted, then click Next.

  7. Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the installation.

3.2.3 QuickFinder Languages

QuickFinder is available in several languages. However, on NetWare, QuickFinder is only installed in the languages you selected during the initial operating system installation. You have end-user search templates in all supported languages, but the QuickFinder Manager UI and both the admin and end-user help systems are only available in English and the initially selected languages.

To install the additional language pack files, simply extract the contents of the QFindXX.zip files into the /QFSearch directory.

NOTE:The language pack files are located in the \Products\QFSearch directory on the install CD and are also available from the QuickFinder product page.