Customize the installation of the Connections plug-ins

Customize the installer by editing the install.addon.xml file to install a custom set of Connections plug-ins for an IBM Notes client.

Attention: Activities and Status Updates depend on the Business Card plug-in. Do not remove the Business Card plug-in if we are installing Activities or Status Updates.

Customize the installer to install parts of the plug-ins so they are integrated with the IBM Notes client. For example, if you do not want to deploy Status Updates, we can exclude that plug-in from the installation by commenting it out in the install.addon.xml file.

1. Open install.addon.xml in a text editor from the /deploy folder. For example,

   • Windows: /ConnectionsAddonInstaller/deploy

   • Mac: /ConnectionsAddonInstaller_Mac/xpd.mac-addon.pkg/Contents/deploy

2. Comment out the plug-ins you do not want to deploy or uncomment the plug-ins you do want to deploy. For example, if you don't want to install Status Updates plug-in, comment out the Status Updates plug-in. For example:

   <!-- Below is the Status Updates plug-in install block, comment it out if you don't want to install Status Updates plug-in. -->
   <!-- Status Updates -->
   <!--
   <feature action="install" id="com.ibm.lconn.statusupdates.feature" match="equivalent" shared="true" version="4.5.0.20130224-1730"/>
   -->
   <!-- Status Updates -->

3. Click setup.exe/xpd.mac-addon.pkg to start the installation.

Parent topic:
IBM Connections Plug-ins for IBM Notes