Silently installing and uninstalling Installation Manager

You can silently install and uninstall IBM Installation Manager.

Silently installing Installation Manager

About this task

To install Installation Manager silently, extract the installer and switch to the InstallerImage_platform subdirectory, and then use the following commands:
  • Windows®: installc –-launcher.ini silent-install.ini -log <log file path and name>.

    For example: installc --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -log c:\mylogfile.xml

  • Other platforms: install --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -log <log file path and name>.

    For example, install --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -log /root/mylogs/mylogfile.xml

After the installation of Installation Manager, you can silently install packages in two ways:
  • Use the Installation Manager installer to silently install packages.
  • Use Installation Manager in silent mode to install packages.

Silently uninstalling Installation Manager from Windows

Procedure

To silently uninstall Installation Manager on Windows:

  1. From a command line, go to the uninstall directory for Installation Manager. By default, this is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\IBM\Installation Manager\uninstall
  2. Enter the following command: uninstallc.exe --launcher.ini silent-uninstall.ini.

Silently uninstalling Installation Manager on other platforms

Procedure

To silently uninstall Installation Manager on other platforms:

  1. From a terminal window, go to the uninstall directory of Installation Manager. By default, this is /var/ibm/InstallationManager/uninstall.
  2. Run the following command: uninstall --launcher.ini silent-uninstall.ini

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