Installing from Installation Manager

You use IBM Installation Manager to install the Rational® Adapter for Git. It must be installed into the same location where you installed the Jazz™ Team Server.

Before you begin

Complete these tasks before you install the adapter software:

About this task

If you start the installation of the adapter from the DVD or electronic image, either by using the launchpad program or by running the userinst program, IBM Installation Manager automatically starts even if it is not already installed. You then install Installation Manager on your computer during the process of installing the adapter.

The latest version of Installation Manager might be required for your package. Updates are discovered automatically; the option Search for Installation Manager updates check box on the Updates page in the Preferences window of Installation Manager is selected by default.

Note: Installation Manager is installed only once for each user ID on the computer.

Procedure

  1. Determine the target package group ID used to install the Jazz Team Server, as the adapter must be installed into the same location where you installed the Jazz Team Server.
    1. Start Installation Manager.
    2. Click File > View Installed Packages.
    3. Find the installed package named IBM Collaborative Lifecycle Management.
    4. Note the name of the package.
    5. Close Installation Manager.
  2. Use the launchpad to install the adapter as an administrator:
    1. If you are installing from the product DVD insert the DVD into your DVD drive or change to the directory where you extracted the disk images.
    2. For Linux. Mount the DVD drive
    3. For Windows Run launchpad.exe or launchpad64.exe if you have a Windows 64-bit operating system, which is in the GIT\Disk1 directory.
    4. For Linux. Run launchpad.sh, which is in the GIT/Disk1 directory.
    5. Use the Interactive Installation Guide to create a custom installation guide according to your environment.
    6. Click the link to install the adapter. Skip the next step.
  3. Use the userinst program to install the adapter as a non-administrator:
    1. Change to the InstallerImage_platform subdirectory.
      • For Windows Run InstallerImage_win32_x86\userinst.exe
      • For Linux Run InstallerImage_linux_gtk_x86/userinst
  4. In the Install Packages window, select the package to install and click Next.

    If another version of the adapter is installed, you are notified. Click Continue to install the package to a new package group.

  5. If your operating system is not supported, you are presented with a system check in the Prerequisite window. Click the Detailed System Requirements for Rational Lifecycle Integration Adapters, Version 1.0 link to learn more about supported environments, then click Next.
  6. Read and accept the license agreement by selecting the appropriate radio button, then click Next.
  7. Select Use the existing package group to install the Rational Adapter for Git into an existing Jazz Team Server installation directory, then click Next. You must install the Rational Adapter for Git into the same location where you installed the Jazz Team Server. Use the name of the package that you noted in 1.
  8. In the Features window, review the item to be installed and then click Next.
  9. In the Summary window, review your selection and click Install to begin the installation process.
  10. When the installation is complete, ensure that under "Which program do you want to start" Documentation to set up and configure the adapter is selected, then click Finish. This action opens a page in the information center that includes links for next steps in configuring the adapter, including sections that cover setting up the application server to work with the adapter, friending servers and registering projects.

Results

You have installed the Rational Adapter for Git into an existing Jazz Team Server.

What to do next

After installation, perform some application server tasks, see Setting up the application server.

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