Using response files with the IBM Integration Toolkit

A sample response file mbtoolkit-silent.xml is supplied on Linux on x86 and Windows. The files assume that IBM Installation Manager has not yet been installed, and sets options to install both Installation Manager and the IBM Integration Toolkit in the default locations.

Although you can tailor these files to match your requirements, for example by changing the installation locations, the record option on a graphical installation or uninstallation is preferable. If you use the record option, you do not have to modify the file content, which is complex because the files handle multiple installations, directories, and options.

Use the following command to record a response file:

• On Linux on x86:

  ./install -record response.xml

• On Windows:

  install.exe -record response.xml

where response.xml is the full path and name of your chosen response file. On Windows, surround the path and name with quotation marks if it contains spaces. Create this file in a directory different from the one in which the product is installed.

The installation wizard opens its graphical interface, and requires your input as it progresses. Your responses are recorded during installation. When installation is complete, the response file contains all the choices that you have made during installation.

Use the following command to run the installation wizard with the silent interface and a recorded response file:

• On Linux on x86:

  ./install -nosplash --launcher.suppressErrors -silent -input response.xml

• On Windows:

  install.exe -nosplash --launcher.suppressErrors -silent -input response.xml

where response.xml is the full path and name of the response file you recorded. On Windows, surround the path and name with quotation marks if it contains spaces.

The wizard runs, taking its input from the response file.