On Linux and UNIX, the userinst command installs Installation
Manager with
nonadministrator or non-root user privileges. When Packaging Utility is installed by using Installation
Manager, the
nonadministrator or non-root user privileges apply to Packaging Utility. When Installation
Manager is
installed with administrator or root privileges, these privileges apply to Packaging
Utility. For a non-root user to start an instance of Packaging Utility that was installed
with root privileges, the non-root user must use the -data
option.
About this task
Non-root users cannot start Packaging Utility with the
IBMPU launch
command if the non-root users do not have read and write privileges
for the application data location. By using the
-data option
with the launch command, non-root users can start Packaging Utility
without having administrator privileges.
You can also use the -data option
to start Packaging Utility when the application data location is being
shared by multiple users.
Important: - If you share an instance of Packaging Utility with other users, see Storing credentials.
- Windows users do not
need to use the -data option. Windows nonadministrators can start Packaging
Utility with the IBMPU command.
Procedure
- Open a command line.
- Go to the Packaging Utility directory.
- Linux and UNIX: install_dir/IBM/PackagingUtility
- OS X operating system: install_dir/IBM/Packaging
Utility
- Run the IBMPU command with the -data option.
- Linux, UNIX, and the OS X operating system: ./IBMPU
-data $HOME
Example: ./IBMPU -data /var/ibm/packagingutility