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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 begin installing Liquid Data, make sure that all installation prerequisites are met. For example, some particularly critical prerequisites are:
C:\>path
PATH=C:\bea\jdk131_06\bin;C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT;
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.
Note: You cannot install Liquid Data in console mode on Solaris systems running in a Japanese locale; if you are installing on a Japanese Solaris system, change your locale in the shell in which you are installing to English and then install the product. After Liquid Data is installed, you can then run it in a Japanese locale.
To install Liquid Data on a UNIX system in console mode:
sh liquiddata110_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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Note: If the error message "JDK 1.3 and up is required to start the installer" is displayed, enter quit to exit the installation. Add an entry for the JDK 1.3.1 bin directory, BEA_HOME/jdk131_06/bin, to the beginning of your PATH environment variable. Then restart the installer.
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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This option is a full installation of all Liquid Data components, plus the Liquid Data samples. Liquid Data components installed are the Liquid Data server, the Data View Builder client, and the Liquid Data samples.
Note: Liquid Data supports a team development system configuration wherein multiple clients can access a shared remote server. The Liquid Data server can be accessed remotely through the Data View Builder. This makes a Client-only install a useful option in scenarios where multiple users have network access to one or more shared remote servers set up with a full Liquid Data installation.
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):
Note: The BEA Home directory serves as the central support directory for all the BEA products installed on your system. For a detailed description of how this directory is used, see "BEA Home Directory" in "Preparing to Install WebLogic Server" in Installing BEA WebLogic Server. This document is available, in the BEA WebLogic Server document set, at the following URL:
->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 needing 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.
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 SP2 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 (BEAHOME) and the specified Liquid Data install directory (USER_INSTALL_DIR) does not exist or is incorrect, 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:
Note: An easy way to create the file is to copy the text from Listing 3-1 and then edit it as required.
liquiddata110_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 liquiddata110_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:
Note: An easy way to create the file is to copy the text from Listing 3-1 and then edit it as required.
sh liquiddata110_solaris.bin -f complete_properties_file_path
Where complete_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 liquiddata110_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.
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
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### Silent Installation Properties File
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# Installer must be run with -f:
# liquiddata110_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###
###############################################
CHOSEN_INSTALL_SET=Full
#CHOSEN_INSTALL_SET=Server
#CHOSEN_INSTALL_SET=Client
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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