How to Use the Text-Based Interface (Sun Java Communications Suite 5 Installation Guide)

Sun Java Communications Suite 5 Installation Guide

How to Use the Text-Based Interface

The text-based installer does not display a graphical interface, but instead prompts you for information using a series of questions. The following table describes how to respond to the installer’s text-based prompts.

Table 4–1 Responding to the Text-Based Installer Prompts


Action	Input
To accept default values, as indicated in square brackets `[ ]`	Press Return.
To select items from a list	Type the numbers for the items in a comma-separated sequence and press Return. Spaces are not allowed. For example, to select item 2 in a list, type `2` and press Return. To select items 1, 3, and 4, type `1,3,4` and press Return.
To deselect items from a list	Type the numbers for the items in a comma-separated sequence, entering the minus character (-) before each number, and press Return. Spaces are not allowed. For example, to deselect item 2 from the list, type `-2` and press Return. To deselect items 1, 3, and 4, type `-1,-3,-4` and press Return.
To provide a value to a text field	Type the value and press Return.
To provide a password	Type the password and press Return. The password will not appear on the terminal window.
To return to the previous page	Type the left angle (<) character and press Return.
To exit the session	Type the exclamation mark character (`!`) and press Return.