You can specify different modes for installation and uninstallation of runtime components and the Message Broker Toolkit.
In this topic installer and uninstaller, used in example commands, denote where you must enter the specific names of the installation or uninstall wizard. For the names of the installation and uninstall wizards, and full details of these tasks, see the Installation Guide and Uninstalling.
The installation and uninstallation wizards start in graphical mode if you invoke them with no options (the default mode). The wizards guide you through the installation or uninstallation process with a series of dialogs that present options and defaults. You can accept the default values, or change them to suit your environment and requirements.
This mode provides the highest level of information and guidance to help you complete installation or uninstallation. Use this mode when you are unfamiliar with the product, or if you want to monitor the installation or uninstallation progress.
If you click Cancel before the Install Progress or Uninstall Progress panel appears, you can exit the setup. If you choose to exit, your system returns to its state before launching the wizard. However, if you cancel the installation wizard after installation or uninstallation has completed, and the final summary panel is displayed, your system is not restored to its previous state: the installation wizard stops immediately. If you want to remove any program that has been installed, invoke the uninstallation wizard.
When you use the wizards, you might have to wait a few seconds to move to the next panel after clicking Next >. Progress is not always displayed on all panels. If you click Next > twice, you might skip an entire panel. To ensure the installer or uninstaller is progressing, you can monitor your CPU usage which increases greatly during both installation and uninstallation.
Console mode presents a text-based interface with which you interact in a command window. It presents the same options as the graphical interface; you can choose values, and navigate through the process, using the keyboard only.
Use console mode if you want a command line rather than a graphical interface. This interface is also suitable for users with accessibility considerations; for example, those who use only the keyboard to choose values and navigate through installation, and those with screen reader software such as JAWS.
Invoke the installer using the following command. Use the same format for the uninstaller.
installer -console
The default option is always displayed within brackets, for example [1]. If this is the correct choice, press Enter to continue.
If you invoke a silent installation or uninstallation, the wizard runs without any interaction. In this mode, the process is completed with default options, or according to a predefined set of options, as described below.
Use this unattended interface for automated installation or uninstallation over a large number of identical systems.
Silent mode does not provide any feedback to the caller, therefore you must view the log to check whether the action was successful.
Because the installation wizard for the runtime components checks for prerequisite software in silent mode, the program fails if the prerequisite software is not already installed. You can override this check if you use a response file (see Using response files), or include the appropriate parameter with a non-default value on the command invocation.
setuplinuxia32 -silent
If you want the installation wizard to use non-default values for one or more values, you can either specify non-default options on the command invocation, or specify a response file, as described in Using response files. The Installation Guide also provides further details about working with response files.
A sample response file for the installation of the runtime components is provided in the sample-scripts directory of the root CD directory. This file includes detailed information about the options that you can change, and the values that you must enter to change them. You can tailor this file to your requirements, or you can generate a new response file, as described below.
setuplinuxia32 -silent -options response1.txt