How to install and uninstall the Integration Bus component

• Graphical interface
• Console interface
• Silent interface

By default, the uninstaller launches in the graphical, console, or silent mode that is previously used to install the Integration Bus component. For example, if the installation uses the silent interface, the uninstaller defaults to using the silent interface. However, the uninstaller mode can be overridden on the command line by specifying the -i swing, -i console, or -i silent flags.

Each interface has different advantages, which are discussed in the appropriate sections. When you have chosen the interface that you want to use, complete the following steps:

• Check that your user ID has the correct authority to complete this task; see Installation and uninstallation authorization for details.
• If you have multiple broker installations on your system, see How to uninstall multiple installations of the Integration Bus component.
• Follow the installation instructions in Installing (for a new installation or to install service to existing components), or in Uninstalling (for product components and service).

Graphical interface

The installation and uninstallation wizards open a graphical interface if you start them with no options (the default interface). The wizards guide you through the installation or uninstallation process with a series of pages that present options and defaults. You can accept the default values, or change them to suit your environment and requirements.

The graphical interface provides the highest level of information and guidance. Use this interface when you are unfamiliar with the product, or to monitor progress.

If you click Cancel before the Install Progress or Uninstall Progress panel appears, you can exit the setup. If you choose to exit, your system returns to the state that it was in before the wizard was started. However, if you cancel the installation wizard after installation or uninstallation has completed, and the final summary panel is displayed, your system is not restored to its previous state; the wizard stops immediately. If you want to remove any program that has been installed, invoke the uninstallation wizard.

When you use the wizards, you might have to wait a few seconds to move to the next panel after clicking Next. Progress is not always displayed on all panels. If you click Next twice, you might skip an entire panel. To ensure that the installer or uninstaller is progressing, monitor your processor usage, which increases greatly during both installation and uninstallation.

Console interface

The console interface is a character-based interface with which you interact in a command window. It presents the same options as the graphical interface.

Use the console interface if you want a command-line or text interface rather than a graphical interface. This interface is suitable for users who use only the keyboard to choose values and navigate through installation, and those users with screen reader software, such as JAWS.

Invoke the installer by using the following command. Use the same format for the uninstaller.

installer -i console

Follow the on-screen instructions to navigate through the wizard.

Silent interface

Use the silent interface for automated installation or uninstallation over many identical systems. If you start a silent installation or uninstallation, the wizard runs without any interaction. Using this interface, the process is completed with default options, or according to a predefined set of options. The silent interface does not provide any feedback to the caller, therefore you must view the log to check whether the action was successful.

If you use the silent interface to uninstall the Integration Bus component, the wizard always uninstalls components from the last known Version 9.0 installation location (that is, the most recent installation), regardless of the location of the uninstallation wizard that you invoke. To remove components from an earlier Version 9.0 installation, use the console or graphical interface.

You can perform a silent installation in the following ways:

• With default options:

  The installation wizard performs the following actions:

  • Checks that prerequisite software is installed
  • Installs to the default directory
  • Installs all selectable features

  Because the installation wizard checks for prerequisite software by using the silent interface, the program fails if the prerequisite software is not already installed. You can override this check if you use a response file (see Using response files with the Integration Bus component), or include the appropriate parameter with a non-default value on the command invocation.

  The uninstallation wizard performs the following actions:

  • Removes all selectable features
  To run the wizard with default options, specify the -i silent option on the command:

  installer -i silent 

• With one or more non-default options:

  If you want the wizard to use non-default values for one or more options, specify non-default options either on the command invocation, or in a response file, as described in Using response files with the Integration Bus component.

  A sample response file is provided in the sample-scripts directory of the root DVD directory. This file includes detailed information about the options that you can change, and the values that you must enter to change them. Tailor this file to match your requirements, or generate a new response file.

  To view example response files, see Installing the Integration Bus component in silent mode. When the response file is complete, start the installation by running the following command from within the directory in which you downloaded the Integration Bus component. If you start the installation from a directory other than the one in which the installation wizard exists, include the absolute or relative path with the command name.

  installer –i silent -f response_file_name

  Where installer is the installation wizard name. Where response_file_name is the name of your response file.

  You can also specify the silent installation options by using the command line. For more information about completing this task, see Installing the Integration Bus component in silent mode.