Installing CICS Transaction Gateway on UNIX and Linux

You can perform an attended install of CICS Transaction Gateway either from the graphical user interface or from the command line. Alternatively you can perform an unattended install, either with or without a response file.

Before installing the CICS Transaction Gateway, first follow the steps for Preparing to install CICS Transaction Gateway.

Installing from the graphical user interface

When installing from the graphical user interface, it is not possible to cancel the installation process if it has already started to copy files.

To install from the graphical user interface:
  1. Insert the DVD disc into the disc drive and mount the DVD disc onto the mount point directory.
  2. Navigate to the/DVD/ctg/platform directory, where DVD is the mount point directory and platform is your operating system.
  3. Double-click on the installer file to launch the installation program.
  4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the GUI installation.

Installing from the command line

When installing from the command line, it is not possible to cancel the installation process if it has already started to copy files.

To install from the command line:
  1. Insert the DVD disc into the disc drive and mount the DVD disc onto the mount point directory.
  2. Issue a command like the following:
    /DVD/ctg/platform/installer -i console 
    where DVD is the mount point directory and platform is your operating system.
  3. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

Unattended installation using a response file

Unattended installation runs from the information stored in a response file; no user input is required.

To perform an unattended install using a response file:

  1. Create a response file in one of the following ways:
    • Use the supplied sample file installResponseSamp.txt.
    • You can create a response file using the -r option, this option creates a file in the current working directory called installer.properties. To generate a response file issue the command installer -r.
  2. Make the response file and the installation image available to the computer on which you are installing CICS Transaction Gateway.
  3. Issue the following command:
    installer -i silent -f /tmp/installer.properties >/tmp/installer.log 2>&1

If there is a file named installer.properties in the same location as the installer executable file, it is used as a response file even if it is not specified on the command line.

As part of the installation symbolic links are created in /usr/bin and /usr/lib so that the product can run without any operating system configuration.

Unattended installation without a response file

To perform an unattended install without using a response file:

installer -i silent -DLICENSE_ACCEPTED=true >/tmp/installer.log 2>&1 

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