Use the silent installation method to install solidDB without any user interaction. You might use this method for large-scale deployments of solidDB where the silent installation command is embedded in a script.
Before you begin
In Windows environments, you must have administrator rights to install solidDB.
Procedure
1 Install Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK), version 1.6 or later, if not already installed, on all the systems you will be installing solidDB.
Note
▪ JRE or JDK 1.6 or later is needed to run the solidDB installer.
▪ On Linux systems, GNU Compiler for Java (GCJ) is not supported.
2 Copy the installation program file from the downloaded installation image to a temporary directory on your system. Use the installation program for your operating system:
▪ On Windows: solidDB-ver-platform.exe
▪ On Linux or Unix: solidDB-ver-platform.bin
where ver is the version number and platform is the platform type.
3 From the command line, run the following command to start the installation program and generate a response file:
▪ On Windows: installation_program -r response-file
▪ On Linux or Unix: sh installation_program -r response-file
where installation_program is the file name of the installer and response-file is the name of the response file that you want to create.
The solidDB installation wizard starts.
4 Follow the displayed instructions to complete the installation.
In Linux and UNIX operating systems, you must be able write to the directory that you are using for the installation. If the installation program cannot create the directory, you are prompted to specify a different directory.
5 After the installation has finished, check that the response file you generated contains the options that you need. The response file is located in the installation root directory.
A sample response file that is called installer-response-file.txt is available in the solidDB installation directory.
6 Perform the silent installation on another system by running the following command:
▪ On Windows: installation_program -i silent -f response-file
▪ On Linux or Unix: sh installation_program -i silent -f response-file