Working with IBM Installation Manager

This section deals with some common tasks relating to IBM® Installation Manager. For more information, see the Installation Manager online help or the Installation information center.
Note: You can run Installation Manager in silent mode to install, update, and uninstall packages. For information on installing silently, see Installation information center.

Installing Installation Manager on Windows

If you start the installation of your product from the launchpad program, then the installation of IBM Installation Manager is started automatically if it is not already installed on your workstation. (For more information on this process, refer to Installing from the launchpad program.) In other cases, you must manually start the installation of Installation Manager.

To start the installation of Installation Manager manually:

  1. Run install.exe from the InstallerImage_win32 folder on the first installation disk.
  2. Click Next on the Install Packages page.
  3. Review the license agreement on the License Agreement page and select I accept the terms in the license agreement to accept. Click Next.
  4. Click the Browse button on the Destination Folder page to change the installation location if required. Click Next.
  5. Click Install on the Summary page. When the installation process is complete, a message confirms the success of the process.
  6. Click Restart Installation Manager. IBM Installation Manager opens.

Installing Installation Manager on Linux

IBM Installation Manager is installed by the launchpad. For more information on this process, refer to Installing from the launchpad program.

To install Installation Manager manually:

  1. Open a terminal window with root user privileges.
  2. Run install from the InstallerImage_linux folder on the first installation disk.
  3. Click Next on the Install Packages screen.
  4. Review the license agreement on the License Agreement page and select I accept the terms in the license agreement to accept. Click Next.
  5. If necessary, edit the installation directory location. Click Next.
  6. Click Install on the information summary page. When the installation process is complete, a message confirms the success of the process.
  7. Click Restart Installation Manager. IBM Installation Manager opens.

Starting Installation Manager on Windows

IBM Installation Manager should be started from the launchpad program. Doing so starts Installation Manager with a configured repository preference and selected Rational Functional Tester packages. If you start Installation Manager directly, then you must set a repository preference and choose product packages manually. For more information, see Planning to install.

To start Installation Manager manually:

  1. Open the Start menu from the Taskbar.
  2. Select All Programs > IBM Installation Manager > IBM Installation Manager.
Note: On Windows® Vista operating system, you must run Installation Manager as administrator: Right-click the program shortcut and click Run as administrator.

Starting Installation Manager on Linux

IBM Installation Manager should be started from the launchpad program. Doing so starts the Installation Manager with a configured repository preference and selected Rational Functional Tester packages. If you start Installation Manager directly, then you must set repository preference and choose product packages manually. For more information, see Planning to install.

To start Installation Manager manually:

  1. Open a terminal window with root user privileges.
  2. Change directory to the installation directory for Installation Manager (by default, /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse) and run IBMIM.

Uninstalling Installation Manager on Windows

To uninstall Installation Manager:

  1. Go to the Control Panel and double-click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. Select IBM Installation Manager.
  3. Click Remove.

Uninstalling Installation Manager on Linux

IBM Installation Manager must be uninstalled using the package management tool that is included with your Linux® version.

To uninstall Installation Manager manually on Linux:

  1. Open a terminal window with root user privileges.
  2. Change directory to the uninstallation directory of Installation Manager. By default, this is /var/ibm/InstallationManager/uninstall.
  3. Run ./uninstall.

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