INSTALLING
You can edit the supplied Notes® install manifest (install.xml) to control which features are available for installation and what the user sees on the feature installation panel.
Only features containing the installfeature property required="false" in the Notes install kit's install manifest (install.xml) are available for removal or other install options. These include the Composite Applications Editor, Connections (Activities), Feed Reader, embedded HCL Sametime®, and (for single user install) Domino® Designer and Domino Administrator clients. All other supplied features must remain as supplied in the install kit.
Note: Domino Designer and Domino Administrator require the additional step of using the MSI tuner to create a transform file (.mst) that disables their install completely. This transform file must be used during install or upgrade.
For Notes installation of supplied Eclipse features, you can do any of the following:
When you open the Notes install.xml file in a Web browser or XML editor, it opens in expanded form and the hierarchy is apparent. To simplify display, collapse the feature hierarchy so that only the installfeature elements are visible. Each installfeature element represents an installable feature.
You can edit the install manifest using an XML editor or text editor but be sure to validate the XML before moving to the next step in the customization process.
The following sample is an install.xml snippet (specifically an installfeature element). For supplied features such as the Composite Application Editor, the attributes you can edit are "default," "required," and "show" which are seen in the installfeature element snippet:
+ <installfeature default="false" description="%Editors.description"id="Editors" name="%Editors.name" required="false" show="true"version="8.5.3.20121115.0230">
Note: Do not edit any installfeature element whose "required" attribute is set to "true."
Note: The "default" attribute is ignored when re-running the installer and is ignored on upgrade unless the installfeature did not exist in the previously installed offering. This allows the installer to display the state (installed or not installed) of the installfeature that was available in the previous installer offering.
The "required" attribute overrides the "default" attribute.
Example: Display a feature on the features installation panel and enable the user to select or deselect the feature
To display an installfeature name and enable the user to select or deselect it during Notes install, set the following values:
To display an installfeature name and force its installation, set the following values:
To prevent an installfeature name from appearing on the features installation panel and force its installation, set the following values:
To prevent an installfeature name from appearing on the features installation panel and prevent its installation, either delete that feature block, comment its installfeature element in the install.xml file, or set the following values:
Related concepts Eclipse files and folders in the Notes install kit Understanding the Eclipse update site
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