Installing CICS Transaction Gateway on UNIX and Linux®

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You can perform an install of CICS® Transaction Gateway either using a GUI interface or a command prompt.

Note: Installation on a UNIX based platform may display the error message Invalid unzip command found. This error message can be ignored.

Before installing CICS Transaction Gateway, first follow the steps for Preparing to install CICS Transaction Gateway.

Complete the following steps to download the CICS Transaction Gateway installable images.
  1. Download the CICS Transaction Gateway installable package from the Passport Advantage website.
  2. Extract the contents of the downloaded CICS Transaction Gateway installable package.

Installing from the graphical user interface

When installing from the graphical user interface, it is not possible to cancel the installation process if it has already started to copy files.

To install from the graphical user interface:
  1. Double-click on the installer file to launch the installation program.
  2. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the GUI installation.

Installing from the command line

When installing from the command line, it is not possible to cancel the installation process if it has already started to copy files.

To install from the command line:
  1. Issue a command like the following:
    installer -i console
  2. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

Unattended installation using a response file

Unattended installation runs from the information stored in a response file; no user input is required.

To perform an unattended install using a response file:

  1. Create a response file in one of the following ways:
    • Use the supplied sample file installResponseSamp.txt.
    • You can create a response file using the -r option. This option creates a file called installer.properties in the specified directory or, if no directory is specified, in the current working directory. To generate a response file issue the command: installer -r <path_to_generate_response_file>.
  2. Make the response file and the installation image available to the computer on which you are installing CICS Transaction Gateway. Ensure that the response file contains the property LICENSE_ACCEPTED=TRUE, to indicate that you accept the license agreement.
  3. Issue the following command: 
    installer -i silent -f /tmp/installer.properties >/tmp/installer.log 2>&1

If there is a file named installer.properties in the same location as the installer executable file, it is used as a response file even if it is not specified on the command line.

As part of the installation symbolic links are created in /usr/bin and /usr/lib so that the product can run without any operating system configuration.

Unattended installation without a response file

To perform an unattended install without using a response file:

installer -i silent -DLICENSE_ACCEPTED=true >/tmp/installer.log 2>&1