Why and when to perform this task
Use these steps to perform a silent installation, which uses the
installation wizard to install the product. Instead of displaying a user interface,
the silent installation provides interaction between you and the wizard by
reading all of your responses from a file that you must customize.
Steps for this task
- Verify that the user ID that you are using to run the silent installation
has sufficient authority to perform the task.
- Customize the option response file.
- Locate the sample options response file. The file name is setup.response in
the operating system platform directory on the product CD-ROM.
- Make a copy to preserve the original response file. For example,
copy the file as myoptionsfile.
- Edit the copy in your flat file editor of choice, on the target
operating system. Read the directions within the response file to choose appropriate
values.
Note: To prepare the file for a silent installation on
AIX, use UNIX line-end characters (0x0D0A) to terminate each line of the options
response file.
- Make a non-commented option to have a silent install.
- Include custom option responses that reflect parameters for
your system.
- Follow the instructions in the response file to choose appropriate
values.
- Save the file.
- Issue a command to use your custom response file: Install.exe
-options myoptionsfile for Windows platforms and install -options
./myoptionsfile for Linux and UNIX platforms.
The sample options response
file is located in the operating-system platform directory on the
product CD-ROM.
- Issue the following command from a command prompt to update
your response file: -W silentInstallLicenseAcceptance.value="true'.
Issuing
this command changes the value for silentInstallLicenseAcceptance.value from false to true,
which is necessary for installing application clients.
- Optional: Restart your machine in response to the prompt
that appears on Windows platforms when the installation is complete.
Result
You installed application clients silently by using the response file.
What to do next
To verify the silent install, look for the string RC=INSTCONFSUCCESS in
the log file for successful installation and RC=INSTCONFFAILED for
a failed install installation.
For UNIX platforms, the install command
returns a return code of 1 to indicate a successful installation. Any
other return code means that the installation failed.