The graphical interface option uses the setup program to guide you through the installation process.
This section describes how to begin the Optim Server installation.
When you launch setup, a prompt for options and arguments displays.

Do not enter options or arguments. Click OK to continue.
The progress of a Sun Java™ Runtime Environment, which launches an installation program wizard, is displayed initially.

The installation program wizard displays a Welcome panel. The Welcome panel reminds you that at the conclusion of the installation process, you must manually modify the configuration files before you can run Optim.

Click Next to continue.
This section describes how to troubleshoot Setup.
If the installation program wizard or Welcome panel fails to display, check the following:
./setup -is:tempdir /your_tmp_dir
where /your_tmp_dir is the name of the temporary directory.
If the setup program still fails to start the installation program wizard, you can run the setup program in console mode with the following parameters:
./setup -console -is:javaconsole
The default destination directory used by the setup program is
/opt/IBM/Optim
To change the destination directory in console mode, you can run the setup program with the following parameters:
./setup -console -is:javaconsole -P Main.installLocation=/your_dest_dir
where /your_dest_dir is the name of the destination directory.
To change the temporary directory in console mode, you can run the setup program with the following parameters:
./setup -console -is:javaconsole -is:tempdir /your_tmp_dir
where /your_tmp_dir is the name of the temporary directory.
This section describes the Optim Software License Agreement.
The next dialog prompts you to read the License Agreement.

You must accept the terms of the license agreement in order to enable the Next button and continue the installation. After you select the option accepting the licensing agreement, click Next to indicate that your company agrees to its provisions.
This section describes how to choose the destination location.
The Server must be installed in a directory. When the following dialog opens, a default path and directory name are provided.

To continue, click Next.
This section describes how to shut down the Server.
If you are installing the Server for the first time or if you are reinstalling a current version of the Server on a machine that has no other Server installations, simply click Next to continue with setup.

However, if you are installing the Server in the same directory as any running Server or command-line process, or you are running a Server or a command-line process under the same user id that is running setup, you must stop one or more Optim Servers or Optim command-line processes.
If the services cannot be stopped because they are in use, you may see a message. You must then wait until the services end after all Optim command-line processes that use them have exited and all Optim Servers that use them have been stopped. You can periodically check the status of the services with the mwadm status command. If you want to force-stop the services, you can enter the mwadm stop -f command. However, use this command as the last resort as it will force-terminate all running Optim programs that are using the services being stopped.
This section describes how to select components.
The Select Components dialog lists the features available for installation. All components are selected by default.

Select this check box to install all files, including shell scripts and configuration files, needed to run the Server in a Solaris, HP-UX, AIX® or Linux operating environment.
Upon completion of the installation process, you are prompted to modify the shell scripts and configuration files to suit your environment.
Select this check box to install sample Extract Files. For more information about samples, refer to Samples.
Select this check box to install Open Data Manager (ODM), which is used with external applications to access data in Archive Files. ODM requires a product license and is required for installations of certain Optim application-aware solutions. If ODM is needed, the Installation Guide for the Optim application-aware solution directs you to select ODM. Refer to Open Data Manager for ODM installation instructions.
To continue, click Next.
This section describes how to confirm your destination location and the features selected for installation.
Setup displays the destination location, the features selected for installation, and the space required for your confirmation. To change the destination or selection of features, click Back to return to the previous dialog.

To begin the installation, click Next.
A progress indicator allows you to monitor the progress of the installation.

This section describes how to edit scripts and configuration files.
You must modify shell scripts and configuration files before you can start the application the first time. Setup installs the rtedit command file to launch your default editor so that you can make these modifications.

When you click Next, setup displays information about the shell scripts and configuration files to help you select files to modify. You can scroll the display to read information about each file.

For new installations, a working version and a sample version of each shell script and configuration file are installed. The sample version of each file has the file extension .sam.
For upgrade installations, only the sample scripts and files are installed, and existing samples are automatically renamed with the extension .bak. This feature prevents overwriting of your working scripts and files, and allows you to compare existing versions with new sample versions.
When you click Next, you are prompted to edit each shell script and configuration file.

If you choose to update a file, the default text editor is launched, displaying the corresponding file.

This section describes how to sign the Optim exit.
When the Sign Optim Exit
dialog appears, click Yes to sign the default
exit included with Optim or
click No to skip this step; then click Next. 
You must sign the default exit or a custom exit supplied by you to use Optim, but you can only sign the default exit during setup. (See The Optim Exit in UNIX for detailed information on the Optim default exit and user-supplied exits.)
If you select Yes on
the Sign Optim Exit dialog
to sign the default exit, setup will open a separate terminal window
to sign the default exit. 

This section describes the Read Me file.
After editing and saving the files, you are prompted to view the readme.txt file, containing installation notes and information.

This section describes how to remove temporary files.
During installation, Optim creates several temporary log and error files, and stores those files in a /tmp/softech directory. Optim support personnel use those files to diagnose any problems encountered during installation. If installation was successful, you should remove those files when prompted to do so on the Remove Temporary Files dialog. (If you do not delete the temporary files and you do another install using a different user ID, the old files will prevent the new files from being created.)
Select Yes and click Next on the Remove Temporary Files dialog to delete the temporary .log and .err files stored in the /tmp/softech directory, as indicated in the following example.

This section describes how the installation process completes.
At the conclusion of the installation, a
dialog indicates the Server has been successfully installed. Click Finish and
close the console window to complete the installation process. 