Actuate no longer distributes its software products on DVD installation media. A customer downloads an Actuate product installation package from an FTP software distribution site.

In the Windows environment, Actuate distributes the product installation package in a self-extracting executable archive file, such as an EXE file. An administrator can customize the Actuate installation program for a specific environment to localize or create a silent installation.

To customize an Actuate product installation, the administrator first extracts the installation files from the archive file to a local machine. After extracting the contents of the installation package, the administrator can use a text editor to customize the configuration files.