IBM Installation Manager tasks

Information about installing, starting, and uninstalling Installation Manager

Before you begin

This topic deals with common IBM Installation Manager tasks. For more information, see the Installation Manager online help or the Installation Manager Information Center at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/install/v1r5/index.jsp.

Installing Installation Manager on Windows

About this task

If the launchpad program starts the product installation, Installation Manager is installed automatically if it is not already installed. For more information about this process, see Installing from the launchpad program. In other cases, you must manually install Installation Manager.

Procedure

To manually install Installation Manager:

  1. From the InstallerImage_win32 folder on the first installation disk or from the directory where you extracted the product installation files, run install.exe.
  2. On the Install page, click Next.
  3. On the License Agreement page, review the license agreement, and to accept it, select I accept the terms in the license agreement, and click Next.
  4. If required, to change the installation location, on the Destination Folder page, click Browse, and click Next.
  5. On the Summary page, click Install. When the installation process is complete, a message confirms the success of the process.
  6. Click Finish. IBM Installation Manager opens.

Starting Installation Manager on Windows

About this task

Start Installation Manager from the launchpad program to start Installation Manager with a configured repository preference and selected product packages. For information about starting the launchpad program, see the section Starting the launchpad program in the topic Installing from the launchpad program. If you start Installation Manager directly and not using the launchpad program, you must set a repository preference and choose product packages manually.

Procedure

To start Installation Manager manually:

On the Windows taskbar, click Start > All Programs > IBM Installation Manager > IBM Installation Manager.

Installing Installation Manager on Linux and the UNIX system

About this task

The launchpad program installs Installation Manager. For more information about this process, see Installing from the launchpad program.

Procedure

To install Installation Manager manually:

  1. Running as root, open a terminal window.
  2. If you are not running on the system console for the computer you are installing, set the DISPLAY environment variable. This installation has a graphical user interface. Run setenv DISPLAY host:0.0 where host is either the IP address or host name of the computer to display on.
    • If you are accessing the computer from a Linux or UNIX system, you must run xhost + or xhost.
    • If you are accessing the computer from Windows, you must start the X server to display the GUI.
  3. Set the XDG_DATA_HOME environment variable to a directory that can be used to write per-computer data: setenv XDG_DATA_HOME /var/tmp. You must run this command each time you run Installation Manager.
  4. From the InstallerImager_platform folder on the first installation disk or from the directory where you unzipped and extracted the product installation files, run ./install.
  5. On the Install screen, click Next.
  6. On the License Agreement page, review the license agreement and, to accept it, select I accept the terms in the license agreement, and click Next.
  7. If necessary, edit the installation directory location, and click Next.
  8. On the information summary page, click Install. When the installation process is complete, a message confirms the success of the process.
  9. Click Finish. IBM Installation Manager opens.

Starting Installation Manager on Linux and the UNIX system

About this task

You should start Installation Manager from the launchpad program. Doing so starts the Installation Manager with a configured repository preference and selected product packages. For information about starting the launchpad program, see the section Starting the launchpad program in the topic Installing from the launchpad program. If you start Installation Manager, you must set a repository preference and choose product packages manually.

Procedure

To start Installation Manager manually:

  1. Running as root, open a terminal window.
  2. If you are not running on the system console for the computer you are installing, set the DISPLAY environment variable. This installation has a graphical user interface. Run setenv DISPLAY host:0.0 where host is either the IP address or host name of the computer to display on.
    • If you are accessing the computer from a Linux or UNIX system, you must run xhost + or xhost.
    • If you are accessing the computer from Windows, you must start the X server to display the GUI.
  3. Set the XDG_DATA_HOME environment variable to a directory that can be used to write per-computer data: setenv XDG_DATA_HOME /var/tmp. You must run this command each time you run Installation Manager.
  4. Change directories to the installation directory for Installation Manager. By default, the installation directory is:
    • Linux: /opt/ibm/InstallationManager/eclipse
    • UNIX system: /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse
  5. Run ./IBMIM.

Uninstalling Installation Manager

Before you begin

Before you uninstall , you must uninstall all the packages that were installed by Installation Manager. Close Installation Manager before starting the uninstall process. You can also uninstall Installation Manager silently. For further information, see http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/install/v1r5/topic/com.ibm.silentinstall12.doc/topics/t_silent_uninstall_agent.html .

About this task

You must log on to your workstation with a user account that has the same privileges as the user account used to install Installation Manager.

Procedure

To uninstall Installation Manager:


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