How to remove IBM Installation Manager repository references using command line script?
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Hi guys,
I am silently installing and uninstalling IBM products using the Installation Manager. Therefore my scripts call the imcl command line tool and use response files as well: :[installPath]:[/]eclipse:[/]tools:[/]imcl -input :[responseFile] -acceptLicense -log :[logFile] The repositories e.g. their locations are defined in the used response files and I know the attribute <repository location="..." temporary="true" />to make Installation Manager not adding the repository to its registry during installation. But what I want resp. have to do is remove existing repository references after uninstalling a software those installation repository was not temporary. Repository references are stored in /var/ibm/InstallationManager/.settings/com.ibm.cic.agent.core.prefs which may look like //com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.repositoryLocations./opt/IBM/Repositories/datastudio4110/disk1.RepositoryIsOpen=true //com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.repositoryLocations./opt/IBM/Repositories/rsa\\RSA9001\\disk1.RepositoryIsOpen=true //com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.repositoryLocations.file\:///opt/IBM/portal/base_products/multi/IBM/.RepositoryIsOpen=true PassportAdvantageIsEnabled=false com.ibm.cic.agent.ui.displayInternalVersion=false com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.connectTimeout=30 com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.downloadAutoRetryCount=0 com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.http.disablePreemptiveAuthentication=false com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.http.proxyEnabled=false com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.http.proxyHost=no_proxy_set com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.http.proxyPort=no_proxy_set com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.http.proxyUseSocks=false com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.keepFetchedFiles=false com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.preserveDownloadedArtifacts=true com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.readTimeout=45 com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.repositoryLocations=/opt/IBM/Repositories/rsa\\RSA9001\\disk1 com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.repositoryLocations_1=/opt/IBM/Repositories/datastudio4110/disk1 com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.repositoryLocations_2=file\:///opt/IBM/portal/base_products/multi/IBM/ com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.searchForUpdates=false com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.ssl.nonsecureMode=false com.ibm.cic.common.sharedUI.showErrorLog=true com.ibm.cic.common.sharedUI.showNoteLog=true com.ibm.cic.common.sharedUI.showWarningLog=true eclipse.preferences.version=1 http.ntlm.auth.enableIntegrated.win32=true http.ntlm.auth.kind=NTLM offering.service.repositories.areUsed=true I want to avoid complex file hacking removing the references with sed or awk but I couldn't find any documentation on how to do this with IM command line tools as well. Any ideas on how to solve my problem? Thanks in advance! Stefan |
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For me, I just use the command-line interface for IBM Installation Manager: -
/opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse/tools/imcl -c and navigate to P ( Preferences ), 1 (Repositories) from which one can add/remove repositories. The use of temporary="true" in a response file is an EXCELLENT tip, thanks to Stefan :-) Cheers, Dave |
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As I am more and more positive that there isn't such a supported function in the Installation Manager tools, I implemented a little workaround:
The idea is to parse a response file from the current configuration file, filter the repository reference to remove and re-import the configuration using the imcl tool. This can be done using this small shell/awk script: #!/bin/sh # Remove a repository reference from the Installation Manager repository registry. |
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