Prerequisites

Reality

• Refer to the Reality Release Information for details of supported hardware and operating systems.
• 128Mb memory minimum (512Mb recommended, 2-6Mb per Reality user)
• 1 GB of available disk space to accommodate setup (actual hard disk used once installed will be between 220Mb and about 350Mb, depending on the system components installed).
• 'realman' UNIX user-id (see Set-up before Installation).
• Korn shell.
• Perl - this is normally supplied with the operating system.
• 'pam' libraries (for Linux only).
• UNIX-Connect for networking (supplied on Reality Solutions CD).
• C compiler and debugger. These are supplied with Linux. On Solaris, if a C compiler is not available you can install the GNU C Compiler from the Northgate Solaris Customisation CD. For AIX, refer to Compiler and Debugger.
• The Northgate Customisation program appropriate to your UNIX system. For AIX Systems, customisation programs are provided on the Reality ISO image or DVD, while a separate CD is available for Solaris. There is no customisation program for Linux.

UNIX-Connect

'rosi' UNIX user-id with a home directory on a file system with at least 25 Mbytes free.

Online Documentation

The online documentation can be installed on a web or file server, or on your local system. On Windows systems, it can also be viewed from the Reality DVD.

The online documentation is compatible with most contemporary web browsers. The following are known to be suitable:

• Internet Explorer 7.0 or later (PC only).
• Mozilla Firefox 3.5 or later (PC or UNIX).
• Google Chrome.