How to install and uninstall the IBM Integration Toolkit

• Graphical interface
• Silent interface

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

• Check that your user ID has the correct authority to complete this task; see Installation and uninstallation authorization for details.
• Before installing IBM Integration Toolkit on Linux, check that the default permissions are set correctly by running the following command under the user ID that will perform the installation:

  umask

  A value of 0022 should be returned, indicating the permissions are correctly set. If any other value is returned, set the correct permissions by running the following command:

  umask 0022

• 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 its 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, start the uninstallation wizard.

When you use the wizards, you must 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, you can monitor your processor usage, which increases greatly during both installation and uninstallation.

Silent interface

Use the silent interface for automated installations over many identical systems. If you start a silent installation or uninstallation, the wizard runs without any interaction; 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 check the log to determine whether the action was successful.

You can run a silent installation with default settings, or with one or more non-default values:

• With default settings, the installation wizard performs the following actions:
  • Installs to the default directories
  • Installs all supported locales

  To run a default silent installation, change the path to the Integration_Toolkit directory of the local or remote DVD, or the network drive, and run the following command:

  Linux on x86

  installToolkit-silent.sh

  Windows

  installToolkit-silent.bat

• With one or more non-default settings, the wizard applies the options that you specify in a response file to determine what actions to take.

  If you want the wizard to use non-default values for one or more options, specify a recorded response file, as described in Using response files with the IBM Integration Toolkit.