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Linux: Preparing the Installation Manager

The IBM Installation Manager is used to install installation packages such as IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM WebSphere Application Server.

If we have an existing Installation Manager, start it and go to File > Preferences. Then, click Updates. Click the Search for Installation Manager updates check box. This box enables the Installation Manager to search for updates the next time you run an installation or update.

If we do not have an existing Installation Manager, then complete the following procedure:

  1. Start all servers and applications that require a port number to avoid port conflicts when installing WebSphere Portal.

  2. Type ping yourserver.myco.com on a command line to verify the fully qualified host name is properly configured.

  3. Type ping localhost on a command line to verify the network is properly configured.

  4. If we are installing on a server with a firewall, antivirus, screen saver, or desktop search engine enabled, disable them before we install. If we do not disable them and the installation program detects them, a warning message displays during the installation.

  5. Optional: Install as a non-root user:

    1. Log in to the operating system as the root user.

    2. Open a command line.

    3. Use the appropriate system commands to create the following items:

    4. Set the user profile for the number of open files. Set the value to ulimit -n 10240.

    5. Add the non-root user to the new group.

    6. To change our owner of the directory to the non-root user:

        chown user:group /directory

    7. To change permissions for the directory:

        chmod 755 /directory

    8. Log in as the non-root user.

    9. Use the following command to install IBM Installation Manager:

        ./userinst

      Set the IBM Installation Manager installation location to...

        /path/to/IBM/InstallationManager

  6. cd /path/to/IBM/InstallationManager
    ./install

  7. Run the following task from the Portal Setup disk to start the launchpad to complete all necessary installation steps:

      ./setup.sh

    Launchpad tip: On the Launchpad: Install Portal panel, we have the following options:

      Install IBM WebSphere Portal from media
      Choose this option if we are installing directly from the DVD.

      Install IBM WebSphere Portal from network
      Choose this option if you downloaded the electronic images.

      Install IBM Installation Manager only
      Choose this option to install multiple IBM products, or to install WebSphere Portal directly from IBM Passport Advantage, and a previous version of Installation Manager is not already installed on the system.

      Restriction: If we have a previously installed 32-bit version of Installation Manager, then we cannot proceed with this option. Manually install the 64-bit version of Installation Manager that is specific to the operating system using the Setup disc before proceeding with the WebSphere Portal installation.

    Add the LaunchPadLocale language_code to the setup task to change the display to the user locale or to another language.

    If the language is not currently supported for the user interface, we might see the English version. For details on supported languages and the language codes for all of the WebSphere Portal user interfaces, see Supported languages.

    After completing all necessary steps from the launchpad, verify the installation was successful.


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