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RonSFRonSF 

Install dataloader on Red Hat

Hi 
Can anyone share as to how to install dataloader on red hat. After installation I need to trigger via command line but first what is the right way to install on linux.
pconpcon
It depends on how you want to run the dataloader.  If you simply want to use the command line, you will need to download the jars and then run them [1] with a java -jar.  Personally, I'm not a big fan of the dataloader on linux and prefer to use either the APIs directly or use something like jsforce [2] to indirectly use the APIs.

[1] https://developer.salesforce.com/page/Using_Data_Loader_from_the_command_line
[2] https://jsforce.github.io/
RonSFRonSF
Hi pcon..thanks for your reply.
I need to run dataloader from commandline to insert data to the sandboxes. I have no choice to run on linux because I need to configure a jenkins job and jenkins is running on linux. Hence the need. Once I can trigger it from commandline then I can configure a jenkins job to do this. 
Can you pls share from where can I download the dataloader jars and how can I transfer these jars to linux server via ftp ?

Thanks Again
pconpcon
I would never tell someone not to run it on linux! (I work for Red Hat)  You can download it from Setup > Data Management > Data Loader and then extract this and get the jars from there.  Depending on what you are doing in your Jenkins job to transfer data to your sandboxes you may want to look at other tooling options other than the data loader.