Silently install updates to products using the installer


Overview

You can silently search for and install updates for installed products with the installer.

If you use another installer besides Installation Manager to update a package, Installation Manager might not be able to recognize the change. You might have to uninstall the update from the other installer in order to use Installation Manager to perform a later update.


Install available updates for installed products

  1. cd InstallerImage_platform

  2. Run the command:

    Installation Manager checks for a file that has the same name and the ".ini" extension. For example, if installc is the command, Installation Manager checks for installc.ini. If the .ini file contains the command-line argument -input, the command-line argument -updateAll does not work. Before running the command, remove two lines from the .ini file: The line that includes the -input argument and the line that points to the response file. An example of the two lines to remove:

      -input
      @osgi.install.area\install.xml

    For version 1.4.4, input is used in the .ini file.


    Example: Installation Manager 1.4.3 and later...

    Operating system Administrator Nonadministrator Group
    Windows 
    installc.exe -updateAll 
             -acceptLicense 

    userinstc.exe -updateAll 
              -acceptLicense
    		Not available.
    Other 
    ./installc -updateAll 
           -acceptLicense 

    ./userinstc -updateAll 
            -acceptLicense 

    ./groupinstc -dataLocation appdata_loc 
             -updateAll 
             -acceptLicense

    Group mode is not supported on IBM i.

    Installation Manager 1.4.2 and earlier

    OS Administrator Nonadministrator Group
    Windows 
    installc.exe --launcher.ini silent-install.ini 
              -updateAll 

    userinstc.exe --launcher.ini user-silent-install.ini 
               -updateAll
    		Not available.
    Linux and UNIX 
    ./installc --launcher.ini silent-install.ini 
            -updateAll 

    ./userinstc --launcher.ini user-silent-install.ini 
             -updateAll 

    ./groupinstc -dataLocation appdata_loc 
             -updateAll

    Start with version 1.4.3:

    • Use -acceptLicense in the command.
    • Do not use --launcher.ini .ini file as this command option has been deprecated.

    Windows does not support using the install.exe command for silent installation. Use the installc.exe command for silent installation.

    If you are installing on a GUI platform in group mode, include the -dataLocation option with the command. You do not include the launcher command or an .ini file.

    If the silent-install.ini or user-silent-install.ini files contain the command-line argument -input, the command-line argument -updateAll does not work. Before running the command, remove two lines from the silent-install.ini or user-silent-install.ini files: the line that includes the -input argument and the line that points to the response file. An example of the two lines to remove:

      -input
      @osgi.install.area\install.xml


Results

All available product updates are installed.

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