To perform a silent installation:

Note: The examples provided in the following steps are for Linux platforms only. If you are installing on a different platform, use the commands applicable to your respective platform.
  1. Download the appropriate product file from the Web site into a temporary directory, for example, /tmp.
    • If you are installing an evaluation copy, download the product file from the Progress DataDirect Web site.
    • If you are installing a licensed copy, download the product file from the location provided by Progress DataDirect when you purchased the software.
    Important: Do not download the file to the installation directory that you will specify during the installation.
  2. Switch to the temporary directory containing the product file; then, extract the contents of the product file using the following command:

    tar -xvzf product_filename.tgz

    where product_filename is the name of the tarred product file name.

    The untarred files appear in the temporary directory.

  3. Execute a silent installation using the following command:

    installer_filename -f  configuration_file

    where

    installer_filename
    is the full name of the installer's binary file you untarred.
    configuration_file
    is the location and name of the configuration file that you have created.

    If the configuration file is named silent.cfg and resides in the current working directory, you would enter the following for a 64-bit Linux installation of the 8.0 version of the product:

    PROGRESS_DATADIRECT_ODBC_8.0_LINUX_64_INSTALL.bin -f silent.cfg -i silent

    You may also specify an absolute or relative path, for example:

    PROGRESS_DATADIRECT_ODBC_8.0_LINUX_64_INSTALL.bin -f /home/users/johndoe/silent.cfg -i silent

    or

    PROGRESS_DATADIRECT_ODBC_8.0_LINUX_64_INSTALL.bin -f ./install/silent.cfg

  4. The installation proceeds without any further user intervention unless you enter an incorrect value on the command line or in the configuration file, in which case an error is displayed and the installer aborts. To complete the installation, you must correct the command line or silent installation configuration file and execute it again.