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Using silent mode to install the Network Shell (Linux and UNIX)

You can perform an unattended (silent) installation or upgrade of the Network Shell on a Linux or UNIX computer.

To use silent mode for an installation, you create a file of installation defaults (variables that control how a silent installation on Linux or UNIX behaves). Then you run the NSH installation program.

To upgrade the Network Shell, you can use the same file of installation defaults.

To install the Network Shell in silent mode

  1. Using any server, create a text file named nsh-install-defaults in the /tmp directory. The file must belong to root.

  2. In the file, create an entry for each variable you want to set. Then for each variable you enter in the file, create another entry to export the variable. For example:
    COMPONENT_CHECKED=3
    export COMPONENT_CHECKED
    NSH_INSTALL_SKEL=1
    export NSH_INSTALL_SKEL

    Warning

    Note

    Ensure that the file is in UNIX format (a format in which a line feed, not a carriage return, specifies the end of a line). Otherwise, installation fails.

    The following table describes how to set each possible variable:

  3. Save /tmp/nsh-install-defaults.
  4. To run the installer, enter the following command:
    sh <NSHversion-platform> -silent
     For example:
    sh NSH83-SOL10-SPARC.sh -silent

 

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