Use IBM Packaging Utility to copy a product package.
Before you begin
To download the Packaging Utility installation files, see
Packaging Utility downloads.
Installation Manager considerations:
- You cannot use the Packaging Utility to install Installation Manager. You must have Installation Manager installed on the local computer to use a
repository created by Packaging Utility.
- If Installation Manager is not already installed, it is
installed when Packaging Utility is installed. The installation files for Installation Manager are included with the installation files for
Packaging Utility.
Note: A version of
Installation Manager
might be included with the IBM software product. In some cases, the version of
Installation Manager from the Packaging Utility installation files is
different than the version of
Installation Manager included
with the IBM software product. See the
Updates preference in the
Installation Manager documentation to update
Installation Manager if the version in the product files is newer than
your installed version.
- You can also install Packaging Utility by adding the disktag.inf file as a
repository in Installation Manager. The
disktag.inf file is located in:
- Windows: pu.disk_platform.zip\disk_platform\InstallerImage_platform
- Linux and UNIX: pu.disk_platform.zip/disk_platform/InstallerImage_platform
See the Repository preference topic in the Installation Manager documentation for information about adding a
repository.
Stand-alone Packaging Utility considerations:
- You can run a stand-alone version of Packaging Utility that does not require installation.
- If you install Packaging Utility by completing this task instead of using the stand-alone
version, you can use Installation Manager to update Packaging
Utility.
About this task
Table 1. Log files and Eclipse
plug-in locations |
Administrator |
Nonadministrator |
Windows 2008,
and Windows 7 |
C:\Program Files\IBM\PackagingUtility |
C:\Users\user\IBM\PackagingUtility |
Linux and UNIX |
/opt/IBM/PackagingUtility |
/opt/IBM/PackagingUtility |
Procedure
To install Packaging Utility:
- Download the Packaging Utility installation files for your
platform.
- Extract the Packaging Utility installation package from
the compressed file, pu.disk_platform.zip.
- Open the directory containing the executable file.
- Windows: pu.disk_platform.zip\disk_platform\InstallerImage_platform
- Linux and UNIX: pu.disk_platform.zip/disk_platform/InstallerImage_platform
- Run the install command:
- Windows: install.exe
- Linux and UNIX: ./install
Important: On Windows,
use install.exe for installations that use the graphical
user interface (GUI). Use installc.exe for silent
installations. The install.exe command is not supported
for silent installations.
- Complete the Install wizard to install
the Packaging Utility. If Installation Manager is not
already installed, both Installation Manager and Packaging
Utility are installed together. You can accept or modify
the default values for the different directories.
Attention: You
can specify the Shared Resources directory only the first time that
you install a package. For best results, select the drive that has
the most available space to ensure adequate space for the shared resources
of future packages. You cannot change the location of the Shared Resources
directory unless you uninstall all packages.