Installation Manager tasks

Information about installing, starting, and uninstalling Installation Manager

Before you begin

This topic deals with common IBM Installation Manager tasks. For more information, see the Installation Manager documentation.

Installing Installation Manager on Windows™

About this task

You must manually install Installation Manager.

Procedure

To manually install Installation Manager:
  1. From the directory where you extracted the product installation files, run install.exe.
  2. On the Install page, click Next.
  3. On the License Agreement page, review the license agreement, then select I accept the terms in the license agreement to accept the terms. Then, click Next.
  4. Optional: To change the installation location specified on the Destination Folder page, click Browse. Then, click Next.
  5. On the Summary page, click Install. When the installation process is complete, a message confirms the success of the process.
  6. Click Finish.
    IBM Installation Manager opens.

Starting Installation Manager on Windows™

About this task

When you start Installation Manager directly, you must set a repository preference and choose product packages manually.

Procedure

To start Installation Manager manually:
On the Windows™ taskbar, click Start > All Programs > IBM Installation Manager > IBM Installation Manager.

Installing Installation Manager on Linux and the UNIX system

Procedure

To install Installation Manager manually:
  1. Running as root, open a terminal window.
  2. If you are not running on the system console for the computer you are installing, set the DISPLAY environment variable. This installation has a graphical user interface. Run setenv DISPLAY host:0.0 where host is either the IP address or host name of the computer to display on.
    • If you are accessing the computer from a Linux or the UNIX system, you must run xhost + or xhost.
    • If you are accessing the computer from Windows™, you must start the X server to display the GUI.
  3. Set the XDG_DATA_HOME environment variable to a directory that can be used to write per-computer data: setenv XDG_DATA_HOME /var/tmp.
    You must run this command each time you run Installation Manager.
  4. From the directory where you unzipped and extracted the product installation files, run ./install.
  5. On the Install screen, click Next.
  6. On the License Agreement page, review the license agreement and, to accept it, select I accept the terms in the license agreement, and click Next.
  7. If necessary, edit the installation directory location, and click Next.
  8. On the information summary page, click Install.
    When the installation process is complete, a message confirms the success of the process.
  9. Click Finish.
    IBM Installation Manager opens.

Starting Installation Manager on Linux and the UNIX system

About this task

When you start Installation Manager, you must set a repository preference and choose product packages manually.

Procedure

To start Installation Manager manually:
  1. Running as root, open a terminal window.
  2. If you are not running on the system console for the computer you are installing, set the DISPLAY environment variable. This installation has a graphical user interface. Run setenv DISPLAY host:0.0 where host is either the IP address or host name of the computer to display on.
    • If you are accessing the computer from a Linux or the UNIX system, you must run xhost + or xhost.
    • If you are accessing the computer from Windows™, you must start the X server to display the GUI.
  3. Set the XDG_DATA_HOME environment variable to a directory that can be used to write per-computer data: setenv XDG_DATA_HOME /var/tmp.
    You must run this command each time you run Installation Manager.
  4. Change directories to the installation directory for Installation Manager. By default, the installation directory is:
    • Linux™: /opt/hcl/InstallationManager/eclipse
    • UNIX™ system: /opt/hcl/InstallationManager/eclipse
  5. Run ./IBMIM.

Uninstalling Installation Manager

Before you begin

Before you uninstall, you must uninstall all the packages that were installed by Installation Manager. Close Installation Manager before starting the uninstall process. You can also uninstall Installation Manager silently. For further information, see Uninstall Installation Manager silently in the Installation Manager documentation.

About this task

You must log on to your workstation with a user account that has the same privileges as the user account used to install Installation Manager.

Procedure

To uninstall Installation Manager:

  • Windows™:
    1. From the Start menu, click Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs.
    2. On the Change or Remove Programs page, select IBM Installation Manager and click Remove.
    3. In the Add or Remove Programs window, click Yes to continue with the removal.
  • Linux and UNIX:
    1. Click the Uninstall IBM Installation Manager icon on your desktop.
    2. If the icon is not present, take the following steps:
      1. Open a terminal window.
      2. Change to the uninstall directory. See Installing as an administrator, nonadministrator, or group in the Installation Manager documentation for information about the uninstall directory.
      3. Run the command: uninstall
    3. In the Uninstall wizard, click Next > Uninstall.
    4. When the process finishes, you are prompted to log out of your system.
    Note: If you receive an error after uninstalling on Solaris, close the dialog box with the error message. Next, manually delete the following empty directories: /var/ibm/InstallationManager/uninstalland /var/ibm/InstallationManager.