Installing Aqua Data Studio in Linux OS

Downloading the installation package

Installing

Launching

Launching from a terminal and using a preinstalled or custom Java Virtual Machine

Downloading and launching the package that does not contain a bundled Java Virtual Machine (ads-linux-novm)

Downloading the installation package - The first step is to download the package from Customer Support Portal

Installing Aqua Data Studio

Unarchive the package - once the package is downloaded, extract it to a desired location. The package extracts to a directory named "datastudio"

If you've already installed a previous version of Aqua Data Studio, it is best to rename the old version.

It is possible to have a current version and an older version installed. The two cannot be run simultaneously.

Aqua Data Studio will automatically detect all of the settings of your previous installation, including the license information.

Launching Aqua Data Studio

Aqua Data Studio extracts to a "datastudio" directory.

To launch Aqua Data Studio using the Java Virtual Machine bundled with the application, run the following from within the directory where Aqua Data Studio has been extracted.

 ./datastudio-bundled.sh

Launching from a terminal and using a preinstalled or custom Java Virtual Machine

To launch Aqua Data Studio using a preinstalled or custom Java Virtual Machine, run the following from within the directory where Aqua Data Studio has been extracted.

 ./datastudio.sh

Downloading the Linux package that does not contain a bundled Java Virtual Machine (ads-linux-novm)

There is a version of the linux package available on Customer Support Portal that does not contain a bunbled Java Virtual Machine. This package for this version is named beginning with "ads-linux-novm". 

Installing this version is identical to the steps above.

To launch Aqua Data Studio using extracted "No VM" version, run the following from within the directory where Aqua Data Studio has been extracted.

 ./datastudio.sh