Unsupported characters for the installation path
Some characters cannot be used in a path when you install Installation
Manager.
Using unsupported characters in a path can result in errors.
Special Character | Description | Installation directory for Installation Manager | Directory for the Installation Manager installer | /home directory for the user when installing Installation Manager |
---|---|---|---|---|
# | Number sign | Unsupported | Unsupported | Unsupported |
% | Percent sign | Unsupported | Unsupported | Unsupported |
" | Double quotation mark | Unsupported | Unsupported | Unsupported |
: | Colon | Unsupported | Unsupported | Unsupported |
> | Greater than symbol | Unsupported | Unsupported | Unsupported |
< | Less than symbol | Unsupported | Unsupported | Unsupported |
` | Grave accent | Unsupported | ||
! | Exclamation point | Unsupported | ||
$ | Dollar sign | Unsupported | ||
^ | Caret | Unsupported | ||
& | Ampersand | Unsupported | ||
* | Asterisk | Unsupported | ||
@ | At sign | Unsupported | ||
( | Opening parenthesis On Windows, parentheses can be used when there is a preceding space. In some cases, () might show in the default installation directory when you install a 32-bit package on a computer that runs a 64-bit version of Windows. This example contains parentheses and is valid: C:\Program Files [(x86)]\SDP |
Unsupported | ||
) | Closing parenthesis On Windows, parentheses can be used when there is a preceding space. In some cases, () might show in the default installation directory when you install a 32-bit package on a computer that runs a 64-bit version of Windows. This example contains parentheses and is valid: C:\Program Files [(x86)]\SDP |
Unsupported | ||
| | Vertical bar | Unsupported | ||
\ | Backslash | Unsupported | ||
/ | Forward slash | Unsupported | ||
? | Question mark | Unsupported | ||
, | Comma | Unsupported | ||
{ | Opening brace | Unsupported | ||
} | Closing brace | Unsupported | ||
[ | Opening bracket | Unsupported | ||
] | Closing bracket | Unsupported |
Note: Eclipse uses the home directory for a user when the
configuration directory in the Installation
Manager
installation kit is not writable. If the home directory contains an unsupported
character, you receive an error during the installation of Installation
Manager.