Problems running the silent installer for WebSphere.

./install -options "/responsefile.base.txt" -silent

the reason the installer script runs and droops out after a few seconds is due to the / in the command line above.

It should be a correct full path or correct relative path. The WebSphere installer doesn't really prompt very well when you use an incorrect path.

the correct command is:

./install -options "responsefile.base.txt" -silent

as run from the installer's location.

Note: it is a good thing to copy your original response file so that you have a last known good copy incase you have filled it our wrong.

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