Install or update Installation Manager silently using the installer

Use the Installation Manager installer's silent command to:

• Install the Installation Manager silently
• Update the currently installed Installation Manager to the version of the installer

Review Install as an administrator, nonadministrator, or group. Determine whether to specify an installation folder or use the default installation folder.

To install Installation Manager:

1. Download the installation kit: agent.installer.platform _version.zip.

2. Create a directory to store the installation kit.

3. Extract the installation kit to the directory that we created.

   If we use the jar command to extract the installation files, set file permissions for the extracted files:

   chmod -R 755 /usr/lpp/InstallationManager/V1R4

4. Open a command line and go to the directory.

5. View the license text for Installation Manager from the directory:
   installation_files_directory/native/agent.license_version.zip/license.txt

6. In a command line, run one of these commands:

   Administrator	./installc -log log_file -acceptLicense
   User	./userinstc -log log_file -acceptLicense
   Group	./groupinstc -dataLocation application_data_location -log log_file -acceptLicense

• If we are using the installation kit to upgrade an existing Installation Manager installation, we specify the same values for -installationDirectory and -dataLocation that we used when we created the Installation Manager.

• The -dataLocation option is required for group mode when we install Installation Manager. The installed instance of Installation Manager uses the stored location each time you start Installation Manager. This stored location was specified by the -dataLocation option during the installation. We do not need to use the -datalocation option to start Installation Manager in group mode.

• Use the -installationDirectory directory option to specify a non-default installation directory. For Group mode, specify a directory as described in Group mode roadmaps and silent installations.

Use arguments to customize the installation or upgrade

We can use arguments to customize the installation or upgrade. Consider these examples:

Operating system	Mode	Actions
Windows	administrator	To use a custom agent data location: installc.exe -dL agentDatalocation -acceptLicense
Linux	administrator	To use a custom installation location and a custom agent data location, and to show verbose progress: ./installc -installationDirectory nondefaultinstalldir -dL nondefaultAgentDataDir -acceptLicense -sVP
Linux	nonadministrator	To use a custom installation location: ./userinstc -installationDirectory installationDir -acceptLicense

When there is an existing Installation Manager installation of the same mode, the software detects the installation location and updates the appropriate instance of Installation Manager. If the software detects any non-default installation and agent data locations, we specify a location during the update process. Consider these examples:

Operating system	Mode	Actions
Windows	nonadministrator	If the existing installation uses a non-default installation location and a non-default agent data location, run this command: userinst.exe -acceptLicense -dL existing agentdata location -sP When we use the -sP option, the software shows the progress of the update.
Linux	administrator	If the existing installation uses a non-default installation location and a default agent data location, run this command: ./installc -acceptLicense Installation Manager locates the existing Installation Manager installation location and updates it.

What to do next

After we install Installation Manager silently, we can use Installation Manager to install packages silently.

Optional: View the license text from the Installation Manager directory:

installation_directory/license/license.txt

Related reference

Installation Manager command-line arguments for silent mode

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