Installing Installation Manager by using wizard mode

Use wizard mode to install Installation Manager.

About this task

You can install as an administrator, a nonadministrator, or a group. See Installing as an administrator, nonadministrator, or group.
Remember: Some platforms do not support the graphical user interface (GUI) for Installation Manager. See the System Requirements technical document.

As of Installation Manager version 1.9, Installation Manager no longer offers GUI support for iSeries and z/OS.

As of Installation Manager version 1.10, Installation Manager no longer offers GUI support for AIX, zLinux, and MacOS ARM.

For IBM i, see Installing Installation Manager on IBM® i.

For IBM z/OS®, see Installing Installation Manager on z/OS.

Procedure

  1. Download Installation Manager installation kit.

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

  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 you created.
  5. In a command line, run one of the following commands:
    Table 1. Install commands by operating system and mode
    Operating system Administrator Nonadministrator Group
    Windows install userinst Not available.
    Linux®, UNIX, and the OS X operating system ./install ./userinst ./groupinst
    Note: On the OS X operating system, you might be prompted to enter your credentials to install Installation Manager with administrator privileges.

    Also, you can run ./install or ./userinst with the -dataLocation directory argument to install Installation Manager using a nondefault agentData directory. For example, for Linux: ./install -dL /IMagentData. For more information, see Agent data location and Sensitive data.

  6. Installation Manager is selected on the Install Packages page. Click Next.
  7. On the Licenses page, read the license agreements for the selected packages. After you accept the license agreement, click Next to continue.
  8. On the Location page, edit the Installation Manager directory to change the default directory. Click Next.
  9. On the Summary page, review your choices before you install Installation Manager.
  10. Click Install.
    When the installation process completes, you receive a confirmation message.