Installer Exit Codes on Linux when using InstallAnywhere

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Summary

This article explains how to convert installer exit codes to the 0-255 range used on Linux

Synopsis

When retrieving installer exit codes on Linux, the exit code may not match with InstallAnywhere's documented Installer Exit Codes. This article explains how to convert the installer exit codes to the 0-255 range used on Linux.

Discussion

When a program exits, it can return to the parent process a small amount of information about the cause of termination, using the exit status. This is a value between 0 and 255 that the exiting process passes as an argument to exit. The reason is due to the exit() function returning status & 0377 to the parent, or in other words, the least significant 8 bits.

As a result, in order to convert the exit codes from the Installer Exit Codes article to the 0-255 range, you will need to perform modulo 256 on them. The following is a table mapping the converted exit codes for Linux:

Code	Linux Code
0	0
1	1
-1	255
1000	232
1001	233
2000	208
2001	209
2002	210
2003	211
2004	212
2005	213
2006	214
2009	217
3000	184
3001	185
3002	186
3003	187
3004	188
3005	189
3006	190
3007	191
3008	192
3009	193
4000	160
4001	161
5000	136
7000	88
8000	64
8001	65
8002	66