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Install from the command line on AIX systems
To install Lotus Connections using the command line rather than using the installation wizard, you can perform a silent installation, specifying a required set of parameters.
Most silent installations require that you run through the installation wizard at least once. The values you specify in the wizard pages are saved to the InstallResponse.txt file. On AIX systems, you can perform a silent installation without first having to run through the installation wizard. However, specify values for a set of command parameters when you run the silent installation.
To install Lotus Connections from the command line on an AIX system...
- Using a text editor, create a text file and name it InstallResponse.txt.
- Referring to the table in the topic, InstallResponse.txt file, add to the file the appropriate properties and associated values for your system configuration. Include the following properties, but do not specify values for them:
- jdbcProviderPanelSeparate.appUserPasswordField
- outgoingEmailConfigurationPanel.smtpPasswordField
These properties represent password values, which you can specify as arguments of the command when you run it later.
- Optional: If you are downloading the product, download the Lotus Connections installer executable file, which has a .TAR extension for AIX systems, from the Lotus Connection Web site, and then change to the to which you downloaded the TAR file, and type the following command to extract the files from it:
tar -xvf Lotus_Connections_Install.tarThis command creates a Lotus_Connections_Install
If you are installing the product from the DVD, skip this step.
- Perform a silent installation by opening a command prompt, and then changing to the in which the install.sh file is stored.
- Enter the following command (without the carriage returns):
./install.sh -options <response_file> -W setDbPass.value=<jdbcConnection_user_password> -silent
where <response_file> is the file path location of the InstallResponse.txt file you created and <jdbcConnection_user_password> is the password to use for connecting to the database. If you are installing Activities and want to use an SMTP server to handle notifications, include the following parameter (before the -silent parameter) as well:
-W setOASmtpPassword.value=<smtp_password>where <smtp_password> is the password associated with the administrative user of the SMTP server if the server requires authentication.
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