Console Installers

Console-mode installers allow your end-users a nongraphical user interface structured to allow interaction through text only. InstallAnywhere does not automatically provide console alternatives for panels you have added to your installer. You must provide consoles for each panel that you have included.

Console mode is intended to add support for nongraphical environments such as those common on so-called headless UNIX systems. It is not intended for, and does not support, running on Windows systems, although it can be connected to a Windows host via an SSH or TELNET session.

In general, InstallAnywhere console actions provide parity with panels provided in the graphical modes. In the next exercise, we'll discuss building console ...

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