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Installing Liquid Data
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Installing Liquid Data Using Console or Silent Mode
This section provides the information you need to install BEA Liquid Data for WebLogicTM using either Console mode or Silent mode. It includes the following sections:
Before You Install
Before you begin installing Liquid Data, make sure that all installation prerequisites are met. For example, some particularly critical prerequisites are:
For complete information about installation prerequisites, see Installation Prerequisites in Preparing to Install Liquid Data.
Using Console Mode to Install Liquid Data
This section summarizes the console-mode installation procedure, a set of steps that emulates the graphical installation procedure.
To install Liquid Data on a UNIX system in console mode:
sh liquiddata100_solaris.bin -i console
The message Preparing to install is displayed, followed (within a couple of moments) by the message Preparing CONSOLE Mode Installation. Once preparation is complete, you are prompted to select the language in which you want the text of the installation program to be displayed, as shown in the following text:
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Choose Locale...
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->1- English
CHOOSE LOCALE BY NUMBER:
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The following introductory message is displayed:
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Introduction
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This installer will guide you through the installation of
'BEA Liquid Data'. On each step, answer the questions
provided. Type "quit" at any time to exit the installer.
PRESS <ENTER> TO CONTINUE:
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You are prompted to choose an install set, as shown in the following text:
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Choose Install Set
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Please Choose the Install Set to be installed by this installer.
->1- Liquid Data Server with Samples
2- Liquid Data Server
3- Client Only
ENTER THE NUMBER FOR THE INSTALL SET, OR <ENTER> TO ACCEPT THE DEFAULT
:1
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You are prompted to choose a BEA Home directory, as shown in the following text:
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Choose BEA Home Directory
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->1- Use Existing BEA Home
2- Create a New BEA Home
Enter a number(1):
->1- /home1/bea
2- /home2/beahome
Existing BEA Home(1):
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Choose Product Directory
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->1- Use Current Selection (/home1/beatoo/weblogic700/bea_ld)
2- Modify Current Selection (/home1/beatoo/weblogic700/bea_ld)
Select a number or <Enter> for default(1):
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This completes the Console Mode installation process. Be sure to read Next Steps regarding critical post-installation tasks that must be completed before you begin to work with Liquid Data.
Using Silent Mode to Install Liquid Data
Both the Windows and UNIX versions of the installer provide a noninteractive, or silent-mode installation, which you can use if you want to install Liquid Data without being required to supply information from the keyboard during the installation process. Instead, the installer gets the required information from a properties file that you provide.
The following sections explain how to install Liquid Data using silent mode.
Notes About Silent Mode
Before launching a silent-mode installation, make sure that all installation prerequisites are met and that all the information in the properties file is correct. For example, one prerequisite for performing a full installation that includes Liquid Data server is that WebLogic Platform version 7.0 must be installed in the BEA Home directory in which you are going to install Liquid Data. For information about installation prerequisites, see Installation Prerequisites in Preparing to Install Liquid Data..
After the silent installer is started, it proceeds in the background and does not report exceptions. Some exceptions are ignored. For example, if a previously installed copy of Liquid Data is detected, it is overwritten.
Other exceptions cause the installer to fail. For example, if the specified BEA Home directory does not exist, the installer fails.
On UNIX systems, the installer displays the message Installation Complete when it finishes. This message does not necessarily indicate that the installer was successful; it means only that the process has finished running.
If a fatal exception occurs during installation, no changes are made to the system.
Using Silent Mode on a Windows System
To install using silent mode on a Windows System:
liquiddata100_win.exe -f drive:\path\properties_file_path
Here, drive is the letter that identifies the drive being used and properties_file_path is the complete pathname of the properties file. A complete path is required, even if the file resides in the same directory as the liquiddata100_win.exe file.
You are returned to the command prompt. The installation preparation dialog box is displayed. After the installer decompresses the required files, the dialog box is dismissed and the installation proceeds in the background with the information specified in the installer properties file.
Using Silent Mode on a UNIX System
To install Liquid Data using silent mode on a UNIX system:
sh liquiddata100_solaris.bin -f /properties_file_path
Here properties_file_path is the complete pathname of the properties file. A complete path is required, even if the file resides in the same directory as the liquiddata100_solaris.bin file.
The message Preparing to Install is displayed. After the installer decompresses the required files, the installation proceeds with the information specified in the installer properties file. When the process is complete, the message Installation Complete is displayed.
Installer Properties File
The required properties are summarized in the following table.
A sample installer properties file is shown in the following listing. (Note that specifications for settings for various databases are commented out because these are not required for Liquid Data installation.) Listing 3-1 Sample Installer Properties File ##############################################
### Silent Installation Properties File
###############################################
# Installer must be run with -f:
# liquiddata100_win.exe -f path/installer.properties
###############################################
# All Path separators are platform specific and
# backslashes must be escaped!
###############################################
INSTALLER_UI=SILENT
###############################################
### Locale
###############################################
USER_LOCALE=en
###############################################
### BEA Home Directory
###############################################
BEAHOME=D:\\bea-ga
#BEAHOME=/bea
###############################################
### Product Installation Directory
###############################################
USER_INSTALL_DIR=D:\\bea\\weblogic700\\liquiddata
#USER_INSTALL_DIR=/bea/weblogic700/liquiddata
###############################################
### Default Install Set###
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CHOSEN_INSTALL_SET=Full
#CHOSEN_INSTALL_SET=Server
#CHOSEN_INSTALL_SET=Client
Next Steps
For all types of installations, you must complete some post-installation tasks before you can work with Liquid Data. See Post-Installation Tasks, for information on the following important post-install steps:
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