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Work with IBM Installation Manager

This section deals with some common tasks relating to IBM Installation Manager. For more information, see the Installation Manager information center.

• Silently installing and uninstalling Installation Manager
  IBM Installation Manager can be silently installed and uninstalled.
• Package groups and the shared resources directory
  When install the IBM Integration Designer package using IBM Installation Manager, you must choose a shared resources directory (if IBM Integration Designer is the first product to be installed using Installation Manager) and a package group.
• Setting repository preferences in Installation Manager
  

  If you start Installation Manager directly (for example from a repository located on a web server), you must specify the URL for the directory that contains the product package in Installation Manager before you can install the product package.

Install IBM Integration Designer

Related information:

IBM Installation Manager information center

Installing Installation Manager on Windows

If you start the installation of your product from the launchpad program, then the installation of IBM Installation Manager is performed automatically if it is not already installed on your workstation. (For more information on this process, refer to Installing from the product launchpad.) In other cases, you must manually start the installation of Installation Manager.

Procedure

To install Installation Manager manually:

1. Run install.exe from the IM_win32 folder in the installation image.

2. Click Next on the Install Packages page.
3. Review the license agreement on the License Agreement page and select I accept the terms in the license agreement to accept. Click Next.

4. Click the Browse button on the Destination Folder page to change the installation location if required. Click Next.

5. Click Install on the Summary page. When the installation process is complete, a message confirms the success of the process.

6. Click Finish. IBM Installation Manager opens.

Installing Installation Manager on Linux

If you start the installation of your product from the launchpad program, then the installation of IBM Installation Manager is performed automatically if it is not already installed on your workstation. For more information on this process, refer to Installing from the product launchpad.

Procedure

To install Installation Manager manually:

1. Open a terminal window with root user privileges.

2. Run install from the IM_linux folder in the installation image.

3. Click Next on the Install Packages screen.
4. Review the license agreement on the License Agreement page and select I accept the terms in the license agreement to accept. Click Next.

5. If necessary, edit the installation directory location. Click Next.

6. Click Install on the information summary page. When the installation process is complete, a message confirms the success of the process.

7. Click Finish. If you start the installation of your product from the launchpad program, then the installation of IBM Installation Manager is performed automatically if it is not already installed on your workstation.

Starting Installation Manager on Windows

If you start the installation of your product from the launchpad program, then the installation of IBM Installation Manager is performed automatically if it is not already installed on your workstation. This automatic installation starts Installation Manager with a configured repository preference and selected IBM Integration Designer packages.

If you start Installation Manager directly, then you must set a repository preference and choose product packages manually. See Setting repository preferences in Installation Manager.

Procedure

To start Installation Manager manually:

1. Open the Start menu from the Taskbar.

2. Select All Programs > IBM Installation Manager > IBM Installation Manager.

Starting Installation Manager on Linux

If you start the installation of your product from the launchpad program, then the installation of IBM Installation Manager is performed automatically if it is not already installed on your workstation. This automatic installation starts Installation Manager with a configured repository preference and selected IBM Integration Designer packages.

If you start Installation Manager directly, then you must set a repository preference and choose product packages manually. See Setting repository preferences in Installation Manager.

Procedure

To start Installation Manager manually:

1. Open a terminal window with root user privileges.
2. Change directory to the installation directory for Installation Manager (by default, /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse for an installation by a root user; user_home/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse for an installation by a non-root user) and run IBMIM.

Uninstalling Installation Manager on Windows

Procedure

To uninstall Installation Manager manually:

1. Click Start > Settings > Control Panel, and then double-click Add or Remove Programs.

2. Select the entry for IBM Installation Manager and click Remove

Uninstalling Installation Manager on Linux

IBM Installation Manager must be uninstalled using the package management tool that is included with your Linux version.

Procedure

To uninstall Installation Manager manually on Linux, use one of the following methods:

• On the menu, click Applications > System Tools. Select IBM Installation Manager > Uninstall IBM Installation Manager.
• Open a terminal window with root user privileges. Change directory to the uninstallation directory of Installation Manager. By default, this is /var/ibm/InstallationManager/uninstall. Run ./uninstall.

Update Installation Manager through a proxy server

Proxy servers enable connections to remote servers from behind a firewall. You can set preferences for proxy servers in Installation Manager or in a response file. After the proxy server is enabled, the proxy server is used for all server communications. For details on how to configure Installation Manager for a proxy server see Internet Preferences in the Installation Manager information center.