Installing silently

Silent installation places a Resource Adapter Archive (RAR) file for a WebSphere Adapter and other adapter artifacts on your system. A silent installation does not deploy or configure the adapter.

Why and when to perform this task

When you silently install, you edit a file that contains your installation preferences. Then you execute the file to install the adapter.

Note: The same installation checks performed when using Installer are performed during silent install. If errors are encountered, the silent install will terminate and display appropriate error messages on the command line.

Steps for this task

  1. Open the file settings.txt.

    This file is shipped with the product Installer and available when you download Installer or access the Installer CD. The file is also known as the Installshield Options file template.

  2. Follow the directions in the settings.txt file.

    You edit this file to specify an install location. After reading the directions:

    1. Find the line or lines that begin with three # characters (###).
    2. Edit these lines to express your preferences, specifying a value by replacing the characters <value>.
    3. Remove the ### characters from lines you edit.
  3. Save the settings.txt file—you may wish to rename it.
  4. Execute the silent install.
    From a command line (as indicated in the settings.txt file), enter the following command:
    setupwin32.exe -silent -options mysettings.txt
Here is an example of a command that launches a silent install on a Linux system:
setupLinux.bin -silent -options mysettings.txt 
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Uninstalling silently

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