Overview of the Command-Line Interface Installation Process

The command-line installation provides three different installation options. You can perform a silent installation in which you run a command and do not interact with the installer. This type of installation relies on a properties file that provides the necessary information to the installer, such as installation locations, JDK location, port numbers and so on. The installation process runs in the background and you do not see the progress.

You can also perform a text console installation. In this case, you interact with a text console to provide information about the installation. With the text console, you are prompted to provide the same information as is provided in the GUI (listed above), but the installer is text-based instead of graphical.

Finally, you can launch the GUI Java CAPS Installer from the command line, which uses the setup wizard to guide you through the installation.

If you install Java CAPS using the CLI, you can customize which of the default components are installed. If you decide to add components to your installation at a later time, you need to use the Java CAPS Uploader and the NetBeans Update Center to do so. There is no command-line installer for adding components to an existing installation

For the command-line installations to function correctly you must first download the ISO images from the Sun Download Center to your installation directory. With these files you can install any or all of the default Java CAPS components: