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The imcl (Installation Manager command line tool) command with the listInstallationDirectories option can be used to list the base directory where packages are installed. In this example, one or more packages are installed in the /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer directory. In this example, the imcl command is located at /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse/tools/imcl but you may have the imcl command located at some other directory.

~]# /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse/tools/imcl listInstallationDirectories
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer

The -long option can be used to include the name of the package group. A package group contains one or more packages.

~]# /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse/tools/imcl listInstallationDirectories -long
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer : IBM WebSphere Application Server v9.0 :

Similarly, the -verbose option can also be used to include the name of the package group.

~]# /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse/tools/imcl listInstallationDirectories -verbose
[Package group]
Name: IBM WebSphere Application Server v9.0
Installation Directory: /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
Translation:
Architecture: 64-bit