Installing with the ‑usesudo flag allows the installation to be carried out by a user other than root and still have the install script perform all the required tasks. If the user has the ability to use sudo on all nodes then the installation process can be done in the same way as when using root.

Pre-requisites: As per root based installs with the additional requirements that the user performing the install exists on all nodes, has a password, and can use sudo.

VectorH is installed using the default file locations and settings: instance ID VH, user actian, installation directory /opt/Actian/VectorVH, HDFS location /Actian/VectorVH.