About this task
These installation steps cover a typical installation scenario. You can use
Installation
Manager to
install packages. During an installation session, you might see
Installation
Manager pages
and windows that are not described in these steps. If you require more assistance with these custom
installation pages, see the documentation that is provided with the package.
You can run Installation
Manager in
silent mode to install, update, and uninstall packages. For information about installing silently,
see Installation roadmaps.
You can install
updates at the same time that you install the base package.
- In Installation
Manager, click
Install. Installation
Manager searches
the defined repositories for available packages. If no available packages are found, verify that you
listed the correct repository, see Repository preferences.
- If a new version of Installation
Manager is
found, you might be prompted to confirm the installation. Click Yes to
proceed. Installation
Manager
automatically installs the new version, restarts, and resumes.
- The Install page of Installation
Manager lists
all the packages that were found in the repositories that Installation
Manager
searched. Only the most recent version of the package is shown. To show all versions of a package
that Installation
Manager finds,
select Show all versions. Click a package version to show the package description in the Details
pane. If more information about the package is available, a More info link is
included at the end of the description text.
Some packages require entitlement for updates. If
you are not entitled for an update, you cannot select the update. The Status
column contains a Not entitled message for updates that are not entitled. Entitlement
is based on your IBM ID
credentials. For more information, see IBM ID
credentials Help and FAQ. For information about entitlement, see IBM Entitlement
Help.
If you are running Installation
Manager in group
mode, you can install only packages that are enabled for installing in group mode. If the package is
not enabled for installing in group mode, you receive an error and cannot continue with the package
installation in group mode. See Group mode roadmaps and the user interface for more information about running Installation
Manager in group
mode.
- To search for fixes, updates, and extensions to the available packages, click Check
for Other Versions, Fixes, and Extensions. Installation
Manager searches
for updates in the default update repositories for the packages.
If updates for a package are found, the updates are shown on the Install
Packages page. Only the latest version of each package is shown.
Some packages require
entitlement for fixes. If you are not entitled for a fix, you cannot select the fix. The
Status column contains a Not entitled message for fixes that
are not entitled. Entitlement is based on your IBM ID
credentials. For more information, see IBM ID
credentials Help and FAQ. For information about entitlement, see IBM Entitlement
Help.
- Select the packages and updates to the packages to install. Updates that have a dependency
relationship are automatically selected and cleared together. Click
Next.
- On the Licenses page, read the license agreements for the selected
packages. After you accept the license agreement, click Next to
continue.
- On the Location page, enter the path for the shared resources directory in
the Shared Resources Directory field. The shared resources directory contains
resources that can be shared by multiple package groups. Click Next.
Important: You can specify the shared resources directory only the first time that you
install a package. Select the drive with enough available space to ensure adequate space for the
shared resources of future packages. You cannot change the location of the shared resources
directory unless you uninstall all packages.
- On the Location page, either choose a package group to install the
packages into or create a package group. Click Next.
A package group is a directory that contains resources that packages share with other packages in
the same group. The first time that you install a package, you must create a package group. If you
select more than one package to install, verify that the packages can be installed in the same
package group by checking the documentation for the packages. For packages that cannot be installed
in the same package group, install one package in one package group. After the installation
completes, install the second package in a different package group.
The bit mode of the package shows in the Architecture column when you install on a 64-bit
operating system. For new package groups, the option to select either 32-bit or 64-bit shows under
the Installation Directory field. For existing package groups, the option for
32-bit or 64-bit is disabled. You cannot change the bit mode of an existing package group.
Restriction: You cannot install a 32-bit package in to a 64-bit package group.
- On the next Location page, select the translations to install for packages in the package
group. The corresponding language translations for the graphical user interface and documentation
are installed. Choices apply to all packages that are installed in this package group. Click
Next to continue.
- On the Features page, select the package features to install.
- Optional: To see the dependency relationships between features, select Show
Dependencies.
- Optional: Click a feature to view its brief description under Details.
- Select or clear features in the packages. Installation
Manager
automatically enforces dependencies with other features and shows updated download size and disk
space requirements for the installation. To restore the default features that are selected for the packages, click Restore
default.
- When you are finished selecting features, click Next.
- On the Summary page, review your choices before you install the
packages.
On Windows, Installation
Manager checks
for running processes. If processes are blocking the installation, a list of these processes is
shown in the Blocking Processes section. You must stop these processes before you continue the
installation. Click Stop All Blocking Processes. If there are no processes
that must be stopped, you do not see this list. The running processes lock files that must be
accessed or modified by Installation
Manager.
- Click Install. When the installation process completes, you receive a confirmation message.