Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Installer Tutorial for UNIX

Start the Installer

Java ES has three installation modes as follows:

Graphical mode provides an interactive graphical wizard that walks you through the installation.
Text-based mode provides the same functionality as graphical mode but prompts you for responses line by line in a terminal window.
Silent mode is a repeatable method used to install Java ES on multiple hosts that share similar configurations. You first run an interactive installation and capture responses to the installer in a state file. You then run the installer on other hosts using the state file as input.

This tutorial uses the graphical mode. For more information about the other modes, see the Installation Guide.

To Start the Installer in Graphical Mode

The following procedure uses the ./installer -no command, which enables you to practice with the installer before you perform an actual installation. The -no option runs the installer but does not install the software and is available in all installation modes.

As superuser, navigate to the directory in which you downloaded and expanded the software. For example:

cd /java_es_5/Solaris_sparc
Run the installer with the following command:

./installer -no

Tip –
To perform an actual installation, use ./installer for the command in step 2.

After you start the installer the Welcome page is displayed and provides the URL for Java ES system documentation. Click the link and bookmark the page for future reference (requires an Internet connection).

Buttons on pages in the installer are used as follows:

To move to the next page, click Next.
To exit the installer without performing any installation, click Cancel.
To display documentation for the page currently displayed, click Help.
To review or change your input on a previous page, click Back.

Click Next on the Welcome page to display the Software License Agreement.

Screen capture of the Software License Agreement page.

Take the desired action:

To accept the agreement and proceed with the installation, click Yes, Accept License.
To exit the installer without performing any installation, click Decline.

After you accept the agreement the Java ES installer surveys the software on your host and displays the Choose Software Components page (this process can take a few seconds).