Installing IBM Tools for Mobile Developers on Windows and Linux

This package includes IBM® Worklight Studio and the IBM Rational Team Concert™ client. These Eclipse-based tools are installed together to create an integrated environment for team collaboration and development of advanced mobile applications.

Before you begin

Procedure

  1. If you are installing from an electronic image, change to directory where you extracted the contents of the compressed file and change to the IMDLS_SETUP directory. If you are installing from the DVD, change to the root directory of the Setup disk.
  2. Depending on your user ID, complete one of the following steps:
    • If your user account has authority to install software as an administrator:
      1. Start the launchpad:
        • For Windows: Run launchpad.exe.
          Important: If your operating system is Windows 7, then you must run launchpad.exe as administrator.
        • For Linux: Run launchpad.sh, which is in the root directory of the Setup disk.
      2. On the IBM Mobile Development Lifecycle Solution launchpad, click Install IBM Tools for Mobile Developers.
    • If your user account does not have authority to install software as an administrator: Run the userinst program:
      1. If the launchpad program started automatically, stop it.
      2. In a command line, run the following command for your operating system:
        • For Windows: Run InstallerImage_win32\userinst.exe.
        • For Linux: Run InstallerImage_linux/userinst.
    IBM Installation Manager starts and opens the Install Packages wizard.
  3. On the Install Packages screen, ensure that the following packages are selected for installation.
    • IBM Mobile Development Lifecycle Solution: this package also includes content to help with collaborative development of multiplatform mobile applications, including best practice guidance, build scripts, and a sample application.
    • IBM Worklight Studio: This package provides an end-to-end mobile application development environment. Choose among web, hybrid and native technologies to build the mobile application that best suits the business needs. Develop with the JavaScript framework of your choice, including jQuery Mobile, Sencha Touch, or Dojo Mobile while fully leveraging HTML5. Maximize code reuse and portability across device platforms and form factors.
    • Rational Team Concert Client for Eclipse IDE: This package enables users to connect to a Change and Configuration Management application that is registered with a Jazz™ Team Server
    • IBM Installation Manager.
      Note: IBM Installation Manager is not listed if you already have the minimum required version that is installed on your computer
  4. Click Next.
  5. On the Validation Results page, click Next.
  6. On the Licenses page, read the license agreements for the selected packages. If you agree to the terms of all of the license agreements, click I accept the terms of the license agreements and then click Next.
  7. If you do not already have a version of IBM Installation Manager installed on your computer, then you must specify the following installation directories and then click Next:
    1. In the Shared Resources Directory field, type the directory path for installing shared resources, or accept the default path. If you are installing on Linux, ensure that you do not include any spaces in the directory path.
      Important: You choose the shared resources directory only when you install your first product. Use your disk with the most available space for this directory to help ensure that you have adequate space for the shared resources of future packages. You cannot change the directory location unless you uninstall all packages.
    2. In the Installation Manager Directory field, type the path for the directory where you want to install Installation Manager, or accept the default path.
  8. On the Location page:
    1. Use an existing package group for the installation, or create a new one.
      • In some cases, you can install the packages so that they share the development workbench with one or more Eclipse-based products that are already installed on your computer. If Installation Manager detects that a product is installed that is compatible for sharing, then the option Use the existing package group is enabled.
      • To install the packages without sharing with other packages that are already installed, click Create a new package group. In the Installation Directory field, type the path for the directory where you want to install the product, or accept the default path directory.
    2. If you operating system is 64-bit, then select 64-bit or 32-bit to install the product in the corresponding bit mode.
    3. Click Next.
  9. 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 is installed.
  10. On the next Features page, select the package features that you want to install and then click Next.
  11. On the help system configuration page, select one of the following options and then click Next:
    • Access help from the Web
    • Download help and access content locally
    • Access help from a server on your intranet
  12. In the Oracle JRE path field, browse or type the path to the javaw or java executable file for an Oracle JRE that is version 1.6 or later. For example, C:\OracleJRE\jre\bin\javaw.exe on Windows, and /home/user/oraclejre/jre/bin/javaw on Linux.)
  13. Confirm your installation summary information and then click Install. The installation process starts.
  14. When the installation process completes, a message confirms if it was successful.
  15. Click Finish.

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