IBM® Installation Manager is a
single installation program that uses remote or local software repositories to install, modify, or
update certain IBM products. Use this program to install,
update, modify, roll back, and uninstall packages on your computer. The program locates and shows
available packages, checks prerequisites and interdependencies, and installs or modifies the
selected packages. You also use Installation
Manager to
uninstall the packages that you installed using Installation
Manager.
Installing Installation
Manager on
your target machines
Before you install
Installation
Manager on
your target machines, you must consider what mode you will use to
deploy packages. The mode that you choose determines how you install
the software. There are three modes: administrator, non-administrator,
and group. The primary difference between these modes is which users
can launch
Installation
Manager.
- Administrator mode: Installation
Manager can
only be installed once per machine. This mode is required for packages
that require administrator or root privileges to be deployed. Also,
the user who launches Installation
Manager must
be a member of the “Administrators” group on Windows or have root privileges on UNIX, Linux, IBM i, IBM z/OS®, and OS X operating systems.
- Non-administrator mode: Installation
Manager can
be installed once per user. This mode is useful when users have their
own copy of an application. Those copies are managed separately by
the respective user accounts. However, in this mode, packages that
require administrator access cannot be installed.
- Group mode: Use this mode when you use
multiple user accounts to manage the installed applications. In group
mode, a group of users share packages. This mode is only available
on Linux, UNIX, IBM z/OS, and OS X platforms. It is
not available on Windows or IBM i. Packages must be enabled
for group mode. Check the documentation for your package to determine
whether the package is enabled for group mode.
Managing installations with Installation
Manager
Wizards
guide you through the steps that you must take to install, modify,
update, roll back, or uninstall your IBM products.
Use Installation
Manager to
install individual software packages on your local computer, or with
the IBM Packaging Utility to
install software for an enterprise. For information about the various
methods that you can use to run the software, see Managing installations with Installation Manager.
Enterprise Installation articles
These
Enterprise Installation articles provide information about how to
use
Installation
Manager.