Use console mode to update Packaging Utility.
Before you begin
If Installation Manager is
installed, you can use the Packaging Utility service repository to update to the latest version of
Packaging Utility without downloading files. If Installation Manager is not
installed or to update to a version that is not the latest, you must download the installation kit.
The Packaging Utility package includes an installation kit for Installation Manager.
If you use the service repository, you must have an IBM® username and
password. To register for an IBM username and
password, go to: http://www.ibm.com/account/profile.
To
update Packaging Utility by using downloaded files, see Updating Packaging Utility by using the downloaded files.
About this task
Console mode is an interactive text-based user interface to Installation Manager. A
selected option is indicated by an X
in brackets: [X]
. Options
that are not selected are indicated by empty brackets: [ ]
. You 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
- Start Installation Manager in
console mode
imcl -c
.
- Add the repository:
- Enter P: Preferences.
- Enter 1: Repositories.
- Enter D: Add Repository.
- Enter the service repository:
http://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/com.ibm.cic.packagingUtility
- Enter P: Provide credentials
and connect.
- Enter your IBM user name and
password.
- Enter O to save your credentials.
If you do not save your credentials, you are prompted to enter your
credentials each time you access this repository.
- Enter A: Apply Changes and Return
to Preferences Menu.
- Enter R: Return to Main Menu.
- Enter 2: Update - Find and install
updates and fixes to the installed software packages.
- If the package group for Packaging Utility is not selected,
enter the number that is next to the package group.
Information
about the directories and translations for the package group are shown.
- Enter N: Next.
- If the package for the latest version of Packaging Utility
is not selected, enter the number that is next to this version. Enter N:
Next.
- An update for Packaging Utility is shown.
These
options are available:
- 1: [ ] IBM Packaging
Utility package_version
- 2: [ ] Version package_version
- A: Show all. Shows all available updates.
- R: Select Recommended. Select only
the updates that are recommended.
- If the update is not selected, enter 2:
[ ] Version package_version to select the update.
- Enter N: Next.
- For the Licenses screen, these options are available:
- 1: IBM Packaging
Utility - License Agreement. To view a license agreement, enter the
number that is next to the product name.
- A: [ ] I accept the terms in the license
agreement.
- D: [ ] I do not accept the terms in
the license agreement. If you decline the license agreement, the installation
is stopped. To continue the installation, you must accept the license
agreement.
- Enter A to accept the license
agreement.
- Enter N: Next.
- On the Summary screen, review your selections before you
update Packaging Utility.
To generate a response file, enter G: Generate an
update response file. Enter the name of the response file and use .xml
as the file
extension. Response files are XML files. You can include a directory location when you enter the
response file name to save the file to a different location.
- Enter U: Update.
- When the update completes, enter F:
Finish.