Installation methods

Interactive installation

An interactive client products installation allows you to exclude unneeded products and to prepare for a silent installation by creating a response file. After you start the installation program, choose a custom installation to exclude products, or a typical installation to install all components.

Non-interactive installation methods

Non-interactive installation methods, such as a silent installation or a script-based installation, are based on the results of interactive installation or on an existing client products installation.

Silent installation (UNIX, Linux, Windows)

Use to install Client SDK or OneDB Connect, with the product-specific command.

By using a response file, you can replicate a specific installation configuration on multiple computers with minimal or no user interaction. Silent installation can save much time for some user scenarios.

Extraction with command-line script (UNIX, Linux)

Use to install Client SDK or OneDB Connect individually.

The extraction with command-line installation alternative can be helpful in one of the following scenarios:

• You want to install the product to redistribute it to multiple computers quickly and with minimal disk space usage
• You want to avoid using Java™ Runtime Environment (JRE) during redistribution of the product