In 8.2, the LiveCycle Configuration Manager (LCM) comes in two versions, namely GUI and CLI. In those environments where the use of a GUI is not possible (UNIX environments with no X11), the CLI (Command Line Interface) version comes in handy.
Here is the command to deploy DSCs (Document Service Components) from a command line (in AIX):
./ConfigurationManagerCLI.sh deployLiveCycleComponents -f userValuesforCLI.properties
userValuesforCLI.properties is a text file that contains the required arguments to connect to your appserver instance. A sample is attached. This should be present in the /bin folder ($LC_INSTALL_ROOT/configurationManager/bin/)
Appendix B (“Appendix – LCM Command Line Interface”) of the ‘Installing and Deploying LiveCycle ES” Guides provide detailed information regarding the use of the LCM CLI version.