Use the following procedure to extract and install download images from the Rational Synergy website.
If you are loading the software from media, skip this section.
Procedure
Create a temporary directory on a file system with at least 750 MB of disk space. This space is in addition to the space required for the installed software as documented.
mkdir /tmp/synergy_image
On the Rational Synergy support site, find the Rational Synergy 7.1 downloads page. You see a single file for each platform; each file is a gzipped tar archive of the Rational Synergy installation image for that platform. Download the file or files you need into your temporary directory.
Extract the installation image:
cd /tmp/synergy_image
cat download.tar.gz | gzip -d | tar xf -
Proceed with the installation as directed in Installing the software, as if the temporary directory was your DVD mount point. Add any other flags required by the installation or upgrade procedure you are following.