Install IBM® Rational® Business Developer
by using IBM Installation Manager.
Before you begin
Your computer must be connected to the Internet so that Installation
Manager can search the repository locations.
Procedure
- Open Installation Manager and click Install.
Note: If a new version of Installation Manager is found, you
are prompted to confirm that you want to install it before you can
continue. Click OK to proceed. Installation
Manager automatically installs the new version, stops, restarts, and
resumes.
- The Install page of the Install Packages wizard lists the
packages in the repositories that Installation Manager searched. Only
the most recent version of the package is displayed.
- To display all versions of any package found by Installation
Manager, click Show all versions.
- To return to the display of only the recommended packages,
click Show only recommended.
- To display the description of a package in the Details pane,
click the package.
- To search for updates to the package, click Check
for Other Versions and Extensions.
Note: For
Installation Manager to search the predefined IBM update repository locations for the installed
packages, the Search the linked repositories during installation
and updates check box on the Repositories preference page
must be selected. This check box is selected by default.
Installation Manager searches for updates at the predefined IBM update repository for the product
package. It also searches any repository locations that you specified.
A progress indicator shows that the search is taking place. You can
install updates at the same time that you install the base product
package.
- If updates for the product package are found, they are
displayed on the Install Packages page in the Installation
Packages list below their corresponding product. Only
recommended updates are displayed by default.
- To view all updates for the available packages, click Show
all versions.
- To display a package description under Details,
click the package name. If additional information about the package
is available, such as a readme file or release notes, a More
info link is included at the end of the description. Click
the link to display the additional information in a browser. To fully
understand the package that you are installing, review all information
before you install the package.
- Select the product package and any updates to the package
that you want to install. Updates that have dependencies are automatically
selected and cleared together. Click Next to
continue.
- On the Licenses page, read the license agreement for the
selected package. If you selected multiple packages to
install, each package might have a license agreement. On the left
side of the License page, click each package
version to display its license agreement. The package versions that
you selected to install (for example, the base package and an update)
are listed under the package name.
- If you agree to the terms of all of the license agreements,
click I accept the terms of the license agreements.
- Click Next to continue.
- On the Location page, type the path for the shared
resources directory in the Shared Resources Directory field,
or accept the default path. If you are installing on Linux, do not include spaces in
the directory path. The shared resources directory contains resources
that can be shared by one or more package groups. Click Next to
continue.
The default paths for Windows and Linux operating
systems are as follows:
C:\Program Files\IBM\IBMIMShared
/opt/IBM/IBMIMShared
Important: You can specify the shared resources
directory only the first time that you install a package. Use your
largest disk to ensure adequate space for the shared resources of
future packages. You cannot change the directory location unless you
uninstall all packages.
- On the Location page, create a package group to
install the product package into. If you are updating the package,
use the existing package group. A package group represents a directory
in which packages share resources with other packages in the same
group. To create a package group:
- Click Create a new package group.
- Type the path for the installation directory for the
package group. If you are installing on Linux, do not include spaces in the directory
path. The name for the package group is created automatically.
The
default paths are as follows:
C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP
/opt/IBM/SDP
Important: On Windows Vista, the Program Files directory
is virtualized so that users who are not running as the administrator
have write access to this protected directory. However, the virtualization
workaround is not compatible with the product.
If you
want users who do not have administrator privileges to run the product,
do not select an installation location or shared resources directory
in the default path C:\Program Files\IBM\. Instead,
select a directory in a different path, such as C:\Program
Files_IBM\.
- Click the appropriate radio button for installing a
32- or 64-bit product.
- Click Next to continue.
- On the next Location page, you can extend an
Eclipse IDE that is installed on your system. By extending the IDE,
you add the functionality in the packages that you are installing
to your IDE. To extend your Eclipse IDE, you must have Eclipse Version
3.2.1 with the latest updates from eclipse.org.
- If you do not want to extend an existing Eclipse IDE, click Next to
continue.
- To extend an existing Eclipse IDE:
- Select Extend an existing Eclipse.
- In the Eclipse IDE field, type or navigate
to the location of the folder that contains the Eclipse executable
file (eclipse.exe or eclipse.bin).
Installation Manager detects whether the Eclipse IDE version is valid
for the package that you are installing. The Eclipse IDE
JVM field displays the Java™ Virtual
Machine (JVM) for the IDE that you specified.
- Click Next to continue.
- On the Features page, under Languages, select the languages for
the package group. The corresponding national language translations
for the user interface and documentation for the product package will
be installed.
- On the next Features page, select the package
features to install.
- Optional: To see the dependency relationships
between features, select Show Dependencies.
- Optional: Click a feature to view its description
under Details.
- Select or clear features in the packages. Installation
Manager automatically enforces any dependencies with other features
and displays updated download size and disk space requirements for
the installation.
- When you are finished selecting features, click Next to
continue.
- On the Summary page, review your choices before installing
the product package. If you want to change choices, click Back and
make your changes. When you are satisfied with your installation choices,
click Install to install the package. A progress indicator shows the percentage of the installation
that is completed.
- When the installation process is complete, a message confirms
the success of the process.
- To open the installation log file for the current session
in a new window, click View log file. You
must close the Installation Log window to continue.
- In the Install Package wizard, select whether you want
the product to start when you exit.
- Click Finish to launch the selected
package. The Install Package wizard closes and you are returned to
the Start page of Installation Manager.
- Close Installation Manager.