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How to silently install and uninstall IBM Installation Manager

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Question

How do you silently install or uninstall IBM Installation Manager in order to install Rational Software Delivery Platform desktop products?

Answer


For Installation Manager 1.0.x

To silently install Installation Manager onto a default install location on Microsoft Windows:
  1. Change directory to InstallerImage_win32 folder on the first installation disk.
  2. Run setup.exe /S /v"/qn"

Installation Manager version 1.0.x does not allow for the option to specify the installation directory when silently installing itself through a response file.

If you want to change the install location, it can be done through a command line install by adding the INSTALLDIR property inside the /v option.
Example:
setup.exe /S /v"/qn INSTALLDIR=\"C:\InstallationManager\""


To silently uninstall Installation Manager on Windows:
Run this command in the command prompt:
msiexec /x {DBD90D51-BD46-41AF-A1F5-B74CEA24365B}


To silently install Installation Manager onto a default install location on Linux®:
  1. Change directory to InstallerImage_linux folder on the first installation disk.
  2. Run
    setupLinux.bin -silent -V licenseAccepted=true
    .

"-V licenseAccepted=true" option is used to state that you accept the license agreement on the use of Installation Manager.

If you want to change the install location, you can add -P installLocation="<new dir>" flag. For example:

setupLinux.bin -silent -P installLocation="/opt/myIM" -V licenseAccepted=true


To silently uninstall Installation Manager on Linux:
  1. Open a terminal window with root user privileges.
  2. Change directory to the installation directory of Installation Manager and then change to
    _uninst.
  3. Run ./uninstaller.bin -silent.



For Installation Manager 1.1.x

Refer to the Related information section below for instructions on how to silently install and uninstall Installation Manager v1.1 on all platforms.

Installation Manager v1.1 allows for the option to silently install the Installation Manager through a response file, and allows you to specify a separate installation directory, unlike the 1.0.x versions.

In Installation Manager v1.1 you will need to add the following to your install.xml in order to modify the installation directory to your specified INSTALLDIR


<profile kind='self' installLocation='INSTALLDIR\eclipse' id='IBM Installation Manager'>
<data key='eclipseLocation' value='INSTALLDIR\eclipse'/>
</profile>
<install>
<offering profile='IBM Installation Manager' ... />
</install>



For Installation Manager 1.3.x

For newer versions of Installation Manager, refer to the IBM Installation Manager product documentation for that specific product version. For example, here are links for V1.3:

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Modified date:
10 September 2020

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