install.sh utility: starts the InfoPrint Manager Installer for Linux

Syntax

Interactive install:

install.sh [-c <color-option>] [-i] [-r] [-s <mount point>]

Unattended install:

install.sh -a <response file> [-s <mount point>] [-r] [-v | -V] 

Unattended multi-system install:

install.sh -m [-s <mount point>] [-r]

Uninstall:

install.sh -u
install.sh --uninstall-and-clean

Help:

install.sh [-h]

Description

This utility installs and configures RICOH InfoPrint Manager software onto local or remote Linux systems. InfoPrint Manager Installer installs the InfoPrint Manager server, InfoPrint Manager clients are installed using rpm commands against desired packages. For more details about installing Linux clients, see RICOH InfoPrint Manager for Linux: Getting Started.

Flags

The install.sh utility uses these flags:

-h | - -help

Displays the help for the install.sh utility.

-a <response file> | - -response-file <response file> | - -response-file=<response file>

Specifies a response file for use in an unattended installation. By default, unattended installations do not display any Installer screens. Furthermore, when the -a flag is used, the default mount point is /ip_remote. All unattended installations must be performed using an InfoPrint Manager Software Server, not the InfoPrint Manager for Linux DVD-ROMs. See the Network Installation Setup section below for more information on how to set up and use a InfoPrint Manager Software Server.

-c <0|1> | - -color=<0|1> | - -color <0|1>

Enables or disables coloring the default answer option when using the interactive installer. The default value is 1.

-i | - -ipin-only

Creates ipin_response file and skips installation of InfoPrint Manager when using the interactive installer.

-m | - -multi-system

Performs unattended installations on one or more remote systems. To use this flag, you must have first created an InfoPrint Manager Software Server on the local machine. For more information on how to set up an InfoPrint Manager Software Server, see the Network Installation Setup section below. After the Software Server is in place, you must copy response files to its /ip_remote/auto subdirectory to define the installations you wish to perform. The default mount point for unattended installations is /ip_remote. The -m flag causes the defined remote installations to be performed serially, that is the installation on the second system begins only after the installation on the first system is completed.

-s <mount point> | - -mount-point <mount point> | - -mount-point=<mount point>

Specifies a non-default InfoPrint Manager Software Server mount point. The default mount point for all unattended installations is /ip_remote.

-r | -R | - -refresh

Reinstalls InfoPrint Manager.

-u | - -uninstall

Uninstalls InfoPrint Manager without erasing objects.

- -uninstall-and-clean

Uninstalls InfoPrint Manager including erasing of objects.

-v | - -ha-failover

Installs InfoPrint Manager on the High Availability Failover server. This action prevents an attempt to mount the /var file systems and does not start the InfoPrint Manager server.

-v | - -ha-primary

Sets up the High Availability primary server and ensures that all the appropriate file systems are available.

Network Installation Setup

When deploying InfoPrint Manager on a large network of Linux systems, you may find it easier to perform network installations. A network installation is performed from an NFS file system, not the InfoPrint Manager for Linux DVD-ROMs. We call the system that exports this file system an InfoPrint Manager Software Server.

To create an InfoPrint Manager Software Server, use the mk_ip_remote script included on the CD-ROM with this utility. You must be logged on to the system as the root user to run mk_ip_remote, and mk_ip_remote must be copied to the hard disk before it is executed. The mk_ip_remote script creates, by default, a file system called ip_remote, large enough to hold all InfoPrint Manager rpm files. It NFS-exports this file system read-only to all systems.

To "pull" software from an InfoPrint Manager Software Server, you must first NFS-mount the ip_remote file system on your local machine from the Software Server machine. After the file system is mounted, you may use the Installer GUI to install InfoPrint Manager, or you may choose to do an unattended installation. If you want to use the Installer GUI, you must use the -s flag to redefine the mount point as ip_remote. To do the unattended installation, you must use the -a flag to specify a response file that defines your installation options.

If you want to "push" software from an InfoPrint Manager Software Server onto remote systems, you do not need to mount the ip_remote file system on the remote machines. However, you must make sure that the root user on the Software Server has the authority to open remote shells on each remote system. You must also create a response file to define each remote installation. These files must be copied into the ip_remote/auto directory.

Example

1. Log on to Linux as root.
2. Insert the latest InfoPrint Manager server Service DVD-ROM into the drive.
3. Mount the InfoPrint Manager ISO file to a location of your choice.
4. Enter:

   /path/to/mount/point/install.sh

   Change /path/to/mount/point/ accordingly.
   Note:
   • Use the -s flag to specify a nondefault DVD-ROM or InfoPrint Manager Software Server mount point:

     /path/to/mount/point/install.sh -s /path/to/a/different/mount/point