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# Install the Documentum Foundation Classes

To use the Documentum Connector, you must install the Documentum Foundation Classes (DFC) on the same machine as the connector. The root of the DFC installation includes a `dctm.jar` file that is required by the connector. You might also need to configure the location of some native libraries using the configuration parameter `JavaLibraryPath`.

If you install Documentum Connector on Windows, the connector configuration file might include the following, where `DFC` is the path to your DFC installation:

    JavaClassPath=.;JavaConnector.jar;DocumentumConnector.jar;DFC\dctm.jar
    JavaLibraryPath=DFC\Shared

If you install the connector on Linux, the class path separator is a colon (`:`), rather than a semicolon (`;`).

This example requires your `dfc.properties` file to be located in the connector working directory. The `dfc.properties` file specifies the host and port of your Documentum server:

    dfc.docbroker.host[0]=documentum-host
    dfc.docbroker.port[0]=1489

To retrieve information from Documentum 5.3 the connector requires the `dfc.jar`, `dfcbase.jar`, `log4j.jar`, and `dfc.properties` files. To perform holds the connector also requires the `DmcRecords.jar` file. For Documentum 6.5, the dependencies are: `dfc.jar`, `aspectjrt.jar`, `certjFIPS.jar`, `jsafeFIPS.jar`, and `dfc.properties`. These dependencies depend on the connector or server configuration, but copying all the libraries from an existing DFC installation will provide all the dependencies that could be required.

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Product: Knowledge Discovery Documentum Connector 25.3

Topic Title: Install the Documentum Foundation Classes