How to Install Your Helix Core Server and Client

Now that you have reviewed your options, start setting up your server.

Using Linux? Start here

Using Mac? Start Here

Using Windows?

Walk through setting up Helix Core and Helix Visual Client on Windows 10.

Non-Package Linux Installation Instructions

1. Make a directory for your installation on your local machine.

   mkdir newinstall

2. Navigate to your newly-created directory.

   cd newinstall

3. Navigate to the Helix Core (P4D) downloads page. Select your family, and platform, then click Download.
4. Copy the p4d file in your newly-created directory.
5. Give the OS user execution permission for the p4d file.

   chmod 755 p4d

6. Configure the OS environment for a Perforce user.

   export P4USER=perforce

7. Configure the OS environment Helix Core server port.

   export P4PORT=localhost:1666

8. Invoke the server executable, p4d, while specifying the current directory with `pwd` enclosed in backticks and the port as -p 1666:

   ./p4d -r `pwd` -p 1666 -J journal -L log -d

   The output is:

   Perforce db files in '/home/bruno/newinstall' will be created if missing...
   Perforce Server starting...

9. Navigate to the Helix Core command-line client (P4) downloads page. Select your family, and platform, then click Download.
10. Copy the p4 file to the same directory where you copied the p4d file.
11. Give the OS user execution permission for the p4 file.

    chmod 755 p4

12. Issue the p4 info command as follows, with ./ before p4 info:

    ./p4 info

13. From the output, write down for future use the Server address value.S

14. User name: perforce
    Client name: linux-bruno
    Client host: linux-bruno
    Client unknown.
    Current directory: /home/bruno/newinstall
    Peer address: 127.0.0.1:12345
    Client address: 127.0.0.1
    Server address: localhost:1666
    Server root: /home/bruno/newinstall
    Server date: 2018/11/14 15:18:55 -0800 PST
    Server uptime: 00:00:09
    Server version: P4D/LINUX26X86_64/2018.2/1234567 (2018/11/02)
    Server license: none
    Case Handling: sensitive