You can use IBM® Installation Manager to
install packages. A package can be a product, a group of components,
or a single component that is designed for Installation
Manager to
install.
Before you begin
Before you can install a package,
Installation
Manager must
have access to the repository that contains the package to install.
- If you have an IBM Passport Advantage® account,
you can install packages from the Passport Advantage site. For more
information about connecting to a Passport Advantage repository, see Installing packages from Passport Advantage .
- If you are installing from a repository that is not on the Passport Advantage site,
you must specify the repository in the preferences before you install.
For more information, see Repository preferences.
If you are installing fixes or updates or extensions, close
the product to be updated or extended before you install the package.
About this task
The installation steps in this topic cover a typical installation
scenario. You can use
Installation
Manager to
install packages. During an installation session, you might see
Installation
Manager pages
and windows that are not described in this topic. If you require additional
assistance with these custom installation pages, see the documentation
that is provided with the package.
You can run Installation
Manager in
silent mode to install, update, and uninstall packages. For information
about installing silently, see Installation road maps. If
you are installing by using UNC paths, you must install silently.
See Installing with UNC paths on Windows.
You can install updates
at the same time that you install the base package.
Procedure
To install a package:
- In Installation
Manager,
click Install. Installation
Manager searches
the defined repositories for available packages. If no available packages
are found, verify that you have the correct repository listed, see Repository preferences.
- If a new version of Installation
Manager is
found, you might be prompted to confirm the installation. Click Yes to
proceed. Installation
Manager automatically installs
the new version, restarts, and resumes.
- The Install page of Installation
Manager lists
all the packages that were found in the repositories that Installation
Manager searched.
Only the most recent version of the package is shown. To show all
versions of a package that Installation
Manager finds,
select Show all versions. Click
a package version to show the package description in the Details pane.
If additional information about the package is available, a More
info link is included at the end of the description text.
If
you are running Installation
Manager in
group mode, you can install only packages that are enabled for installing
in group mode. If the package is not enabled for installing in group
mode, you receive an error and cannot continue with the package installation
in group mode. See Group mode roadmaps and the user interface for more information about running Installation
Manager in
group mode.
- To search for fixes, updates, and extensions to the available
packages, click Check for Other Versions, Fixes, and Extensions. Installation
Manager searches
for updates in the default update repositories for the packages.
If updates for a package are found, the updates
are shown on the Install Packages page. Only
the latest version of each package is shown.
- Select the packages and updates to the packages to install.
Updates that have a dependency relationship are automatically selected
and cleared together. Click Next.
- On the Licenses page, read the license
agreements for the selected packages. After you accept the license
agreement, click Next to continue.
- On the Location page, enter the path
for the shared resources directory in the Shared Resources
Directory field. The shared resources directory contains
resources that can be shared by multiple package groups. Click Next.
Attention: You can specify the shared resources
directory only the first time that you install a package. Select the
drive with enough available space to ensure adequate space for the
shared resources of future packages. You cannot change the location
of the shared resources directory unless you uninstall all packages.
- On the Location page, either choose
a package group to install the packages into or create a package group.
A package group is a directory that contains resources that packages
share with other packages in the same group. The first time that
you install a package, you must create a package group. Click Next.
The bit mode of the package shows in the Architecture column
when you install on a 64-bit operating system. For new package groups,
the option to select either 32-bit or 64-bit shows under the Installation
Directory field. For existing package groups, the option for 32-bit
or 64-bit is disabled. You cannot change the bit mode of an existing
package group.
Restriction: You cannot install a
32-bit package in to a 64-bit package group.
- On the next Location page, select the translations to install
for packages in the package group. The corresponding language translations
for the graphical user interface and documentation are installed.
Choices apply to all packages that are installed in this package group.
Click Next to continue.
- On the Features page, select the package
features to install.
- Optional: To see the dependency relationships
between features, select Show Dependencies.
- Optional: Click a feature to view its brief
description under Details.
- Select or clear features in the packages. Installation
Manager automatically
enforces dependencies with other features and shows updated download
size and disk space requirements for the installation. To
restore the default features that are selected for the packages, click Restore default.
- When you are finished selecting features, click Next.
- On the Help System page, select a
method for accessing help content.
- Select Access help from the web if
you want to access help content on the web. This method has the smallest
installation footprint and the most up-to-date information.
- Select Download help and access the content locally if
you want to work disconnected from the Internet with periodic updates.
- Select Access help from a server on your intranet if
you must work behind a firewall with administrative updates.
- On the Summary page, review your choices before you
install the packages.
On Windows, Installation
Manager checks
for running processes. If processes are blocking the installation,
a list of these processes is shown in the Blocking Processes section.
You must stop these processes before you continue the installation.
Click Stop All Blocking Processes. If there
are no processes that must be stopped, you do not see this list. The
running processes lock files that must be accessed or modified by Installation
Manager.
- Click Install. When
the installation process completes, you receive a confirmation message.