Uninstalling in silent mode
About this task
- Windows®: IBMIMc.exe --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -input <response file path and name> -log <log file path and name>
- Linux® or UNIX®: ./IBMIM --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -input <response file path and name> -log <log file path and name>
Windows™ does not support using IBMIM.exe for silent installation. Use IBMIMc.exe for silent installation.
For
example:
- Windows™: IBMIMc.exe --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -input <LC_HOME>\silentResponseFile\LC_uninstall.rsp -log .\silent_uninstall_log.xml
- Linux™ or UNIX™: ./IBMIM --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -input <LC_HOME>/silentResponseFile/LC_uninstall_linux.rsp -log ./silent_uninstall_log.xml
The Installation Manager has an initialization or .ini file, silent-install.ini, that includes default values for the arguments. An example of a silent-install.ini file is as follows:
-accessRights
admin
-vm
C:\Program Files\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse\jre_5.0.2.sr5_20070511\jre\bin\java.exe
-nosplash
--launcher.suppressErrors
-silent
-vmargs
-Xquickstart
-Xgcpolicy:gencon
Results
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<result>
</result>
The log file contains an error element if
the operation did not complete successfully. A log file for Installation
Manager is also available. The default locations for the Installation
Manager log file are as follows:- For Windows™ as an administrator: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\IBM\Installation Manager\logs
- For Windows™ as a non-administrator: C:\Documents and Settings\<my id>\Application Data\IBM\Installation Manager\logs
- Linux™ or UNIX™: /var/ibm/InstallationManager/logs