User privileges requirements

You must have a user ID that meets the following requirements before you can install Rational® Test RealTime.

  • Your user ID must not contain double-byte characters.
  • You must install Installation Manager as an administrator on Windows if the version of your operating system requires user privileges to install or update product offerings, or install license keys for your products.
  • If you install Installation Manager as an administrator on Windows, all products installed from Installation Manager must be run with the administrator privilege. In this case, you must run Rational® Test RealTime as an administrator.
  • If you install Installation Manager as a non-administrator on Windows, Rational® Test RealTime can be installed with the same User account as the one used to install Installation Manager.
  • You can enable users who are not the administrator so that they can work with Rational® Test RealTime on some versions of Windows. If you are in such a case:
    • Do not install Rational® Test RealTime into a package group (installation location) in the Program Files directory (C:\Program Files\) and do not choose a shared resources directory in the Program Files directory.
    • If you are extending an existing Eclipse installation, then do not install Eclipse in the Program Files directory (C:\Program Files\).
  • On Linux, you must be able to log in as root (with sudo) to install and run Rational® Test RealTime.
  • On Ubuntu, you must ensure that the environment variables that are set while installing the products are retained when you open Rational® Test RealTime and the application-under-test.
  • Rational® License Key Administrator must be installed onWindows at the same time or prior to Rational® Test RealTime so that the license information entered during Rational® Test RealTime installation is valid. Rational® License Key Administrator requires Administrator privileges. If you need to install the Rational® License Key Administrator client on Windows with a User account, right-click the launchpad.exe file, and click Run as Administrator or install the Rational® License Key Administrator separately with an Administrator account.