Silent Installation of Installation Manager 1.6

a) Unzip the Installation Manager setup  agent.installer.linux.gtk.x86_1.6.0.20120831_1216.zip

#unzip agent.installer.linux.gtk.x86_1.6.0.20120831_1216.zip

The extracted folder

Edit install.xml to define the location for IM installation
         b)    #vi install.xml

Add the below entries in the install.xml file

<profile kind=’self’ installLocation=’/apps/InstallationManager/eclipse’ id=’IBM Installation Manager’>
</profile>

Highlighted the entries in yellow where “/apps/InstallationManager/eclipse” is the location where I need to install the Installation Manager

         c)  Install IM1.6 silently
Execute #./installc –acceptLicense

This command reads the install.xml file and installed  it in the location mentioned in it

Once the installation is completed the message “Installed <package> to the <location> directory is displayed

             d) Verify the installation and the versions of Installation Manager

Navigate to /apps/InstallationManager/ folder

 

 

             Execute ./imcl -version to check the version of IM fron /apps/InstallationManager/eclipese/tools/

       THIS IS HOW WE INSTALL INSTALLATION MANAGER SILENTLY