Installing and running Installation Manager in silent mode

Use Installation Manager to silently install product packages from a command line.

The following tasks are required for silent installation:

To run Installation Manager in silent mode, run the command for your platform from the eclipse subdirectory:

Windows IBMIMc.exe --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -input <response file path and name> -log <log file path and name>

For example, IBMIMc.exe --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -input C:\mylog\responsefile.xml -log C:\mylog\silent_install_log.xml

UNIX/Linux IBMIM --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -input <response file path and name> -log <log file path and name>

For example, IBMIM --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -input /root/mylog/responsefile.xml –log /root/mylog/silent_install_log.xml

When the Installation Manager runs in silent installation mode, it reads the response file and writes a log file to the directory that you specified. A response file is required; log files are optional. The result of this execution should be a status of 0 for success and a non-zero number for failure.

The following table describes the arguments to use with the silent installation command:
Argument Description
-vm Specifies the Java launcher. In silent mode, always use java.exe on Windows and java on other platforms.
-nosplash
Suppresses the splash screen.
--launcher.suppressErrors
Suppresses the JVM error dialog box.
-silent Runs the Installation Manager installer in silent mode.
-input
Specifies an response file to be used as the input to Installation Manager. The response file contains commands that the installer or Installation Manager runs.
-log
(Optional) Creates a log file that records the result of the silent installation. The log file is an XML file.

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