Installation guide

Starting the Installation Program on UNIX Platforms
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Here, JAVA_HOME represents the full path to the JDK directory.
3. Go to the directory where you downloaded the installation program.
4. Launch the installation by entering the following command:
java -jar <filename.jar> -mode=console
Here, filename.jar is the name of the BEA Products installation file, for example,
server920_generic.jar.
Note: You can also include the
-log=full_path_to_log_file option in the command
line to create a verbose installation log. For example:
java -jar server920_generic.jar -mode=console
-log=/home/logs/BEA_install.log
For more information, see “Generating a Verbose Installation Log” on page 1-21.
5. Proceed to Chapter 4, “Running the Installation Program in Console Mode.”
Starting Silent-Mode Installation
For details about silent-mode installation, see “What Is Silent-Mode Installation?” on page 5-1.
To start the silent-mode installation process for installation files with names ending in
.jar,
follow these steps:
1. Log in to the target UNIX system.
2. Create a
silent.xml file that defines the configuration settings normally entered by a user
during an interactive installation process, such as graphical-mode or console-mode
installation. For information about creating a
silent.xml file, see “Creating a silent.xml File
for Silent-Mode Installation” on page 5-3.
Note: Incorrect entries in the
silent.xml file can cause installation failures. To help you
determine the cause of a failure, we recommend that you create a log file when you
start the installation.
3. Add the
bin directory of the appropriate JDK to the beginning of the PATH variable definition
on the target system. For example:
PATH=JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
export PATH
Here, JAVA_HOME is the full path of the JDK directory.
4. Go to the directory that contains the installation file.