Introduction
This guide describes the system requirements for Red Hat Application Server (RHAPS) and Red Hat Developer Suite (RHDS), the packages that will be installed, how to perform the installation, and how to troubleshoot any installation problems that may occur. There is also information on how to remove RHAPS and RHDS from your server, if required.
1. Document Conventions
Certain words in this manual are represented in different fonts, styles, and weights. This highlighting indicates that the word is part of a specific category. The categories include the following:
- Courier font
Courier font represents commands, file names and paths, and prompts.
When shown as below, it indicates computer output:
Desktop about.html logs paulwesterberg.png Mail backupfiles mail reports
- bold Courier font
Bold Courier font represents text that you are to type, such as: service jonas start
- italic Courier font
Italic Courier font represents a variable, such as an installation directory: install_dir/bin/
- bold font
Bold font represents application programs and text found on a graphical interface.
When shown like this: OK , it indicates a button on a graphical application interface.
Additionally, the manual uses different strategies to draw your attention to pieces of information. In order of how critical the information is to you, these items are marked as follows:
 | Note |
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Linux is case-sensitive: a rose is not a ROSE is not a rOsE. |
 | Tip |
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The directory /usr/share/doc/ contains additional documentation for packages installed on your system. |
 | Important |
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If you modify the DHCP configuration file, the changes will not take effect until you restart the DHCP daemon. |
 | Caution |
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Do not perform routine tasks as root—use a regular user account unless you need to use the root account for system administration tasks. |
 | Warning |
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Be careful to remove only the listed partitions. Removing other partitions could result in data loss or a corrupted system environment. |