Install Installation Manager using console mode (imcl -c)

We can install Installation Manager as an administrator, a nonadministrator, or in group mode.

A selected option is indicated by an X in brackets: [X]. Options that are not selected are indicated by empty brackets: [ ]. We can press Enter to select the default entry or select a different command. For example, [N] indicates that the default selection is N for the Next command.

Procedure

To install Installation Manager in console mode:

  1. Download Installation Manager installation kit.

    Go to the Installation Manager download links technical document and click the applicable download document link. The download document contains details about downloading the installation files.

    We must download the installation kit, agent.installer.platform​​_version.zip, for the operating system and the version of Installation Manager that you require. We cannot use the fix pack, com.ibm.cic.agent.offering​​_version.zip​, to install Installation Manager.

  2. Create a directory to store your installation kit.

  3. Extract the files to the directory.

  4. Open a command line, and go to the directory that we created.

  5. On the command line, run one of these commands:

    Operating system Administrator Nonadministrator Group
    Windows installc -c userinstc -c Not available
    UNIX ./installc -c ./userinstc -c ./groupinstc -c

  6. Enter N: Next. Installation Manager is selected for installation by default.

  7. For the Licenses screen, the options that are available:

    • 1: IBM Installation Manager - License Agreement. To view the license agreement, enter 1.

    • A: [ ] I accept the terms in the license agreement.
    • D: [ ] I do not accept the terms in the license agreement.

      If we decline the license agreement, the installation is stopped. To continue the installation, we must accept the license agreement.

    1. Enter A to accept the license agreement.

    2. Enter N: Next.

  8. To change the installation location, enter L: Change Installation Manager installation location.

    1. To accept the default installation location or to continue after we enter a different value, enter N: Next.

  9. On the Summary screen, review your selections.

    To generate a response file before installing the application, enter G: Generate installation response file. Enter the name of the response file and use .xml as the file extension. Response files are XML files. We can include a directory location when we enter the response file name to save the file to a different location.

  10. Enter I: Install.

  11. When the installation completes, enter R: Restart Installation Manager.

Related tasks:

  • Uninstall Installation Manager using console mode
  • Install Installation Manager using wizard mode
  • Install or update Installation Manager silently using the installer

    Related information:

    Installation Manager downloads
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