Creating a script to silently install Installation Manager and a package at the same time

You can silently install Installation Manager at the same time you install a product package. To silently install Installation Manager and a product package, you can create a script to run both installations. You can also edit a response file to install Installation Manager and a product instead of using a script. See Modifying a response file to install a package and Installation Manager.

Before you begin

To silently install a product package, you must first create a response file.
Some Installation Manager features might or might not be supported by packages. Check your package documentation to determine whether a feature is supported. For a list of features, see Installation Manager features.
If you are installing by using UNC paths, you must install silently.
On Windows, if you are using a network drive, you must mount the drive. Use the pushd command to mount the drive. See Installing Installation Manager and a package with UNC paths on Windows.

About this task

The script to install Installation Manager and a product package contains two lines. The first line is the command to start the Installation Manager installation. The second line is the command to start the silent installation of a product package.

Procedure

The following steps describe how to create a script:

Example scripts

A .bat file for Microsoft Windows:

installc
installc input responseFile.xml -acceptLicense

A shell script file for Linux®, UNIX, IBM i, IBM z/OS®, and the OS X operating system:
```
./installc
./installc input responseFile.xml -acceptLicense
```

Where responseFile.xml is the response file for the product package.

Example

Use double quotation marks to enclose file paths that include spaces.

Table 1. Installation scripts by operating system
Operating system	Script (without response file)	Script (with response file)
Windows (.bat file)	`installc.exe -acceptLicense`	`installc.exe input responseFile.xml -acceptLicense`
Linux, UNIX, IBM i, z/OS, and the OS X operating system	`./installc -acceptLicense`	`./installc input responseFile.xml -acceptLicense`