To uninstall WebSphere Commerce remotely on many clients,
use the silent uninstallation method. To use this method you simulate
a toolkit installation by creating a silent installation response
file, then you record a silent uninstall response file. Finally, you
uninstall the toolkit.
Procedure
- Stop the WebSphere Commerce test server and close WebSphere
Commerce Developer.
- To create an installation response
file:
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Copy the contents of the following directory to a temporary, writable directory (the
agent_data_location).
For example, the agent_data_location can be
C:\temp_agent_data. This folder is used by the Installation Manager to read
and write information about the installation that you are recording. For the Installation Manager to
detect previous Rational Application Developer installations, the
agent_data_location must contain this copied data.
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On a command line, go to the eclipse subdirectory in the directory where
you installed Installation Manager.
For example, C:\Program Files\IBM\Installation
Manager\eclipse.
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Run the IBM Installation Manager by using one of the following commands to create a response
file:
Note: Ensure that you enter a file path that exists. Installation Manager does not create
directories for the response file and the log file.
The Installation Manager starts.
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Complete the steps as if you were going to install WebSphere Commerce Developer by using the
interactive method.
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Click Finish, and then close Installation Manager to save and finalize
the response file.
- Optional:
Open the response file that you created, response_file_path, in a text
editor.
- Optional: Modify
the entries in the response file to match the installation options
you want.
- Create an uninstallation response file:
- On a command line, navigate to the eclipse subdirectory
in the directory where you installed Installation Manager.
- Run the IBM Installation Manager in recording mode
IBMIM –record response_file_path -skipInstall agent_data_location
Where:
- response_file_path
- An existing file path. Do not use the same file name as the response_file_path name
you recorded for the installation.
- agent_data_location
- The same location as the agent_data_location that
you used for simulating the installation.
Installation Manager does not create directories for
the response file and the log file.
- Record the uninstall of the product using the Installation
Manager interface that opens.
- On a command line, run the following command to uninstall
the toolkit silently:
- For Installation Manager 1.4.3 or higher:
- Go to the eclipse/tools subdirectory of Installation
Manager
- Run
IMCL.exe -input response_file_path.txt -log
log_file_path -acceptLicense
- Add the
-sP
parameter to
obtain more installation progress information
- For Installation Manager 1.4.2 or lower:
- Go to the eclipse subdirectory of Installation
Manager
- Run
IBMIMc.exe -–launcher.ini silent-install.ini -input
response_file_path.txt -log log_file_path