Download the adapter installation media from IBM® Passport Advantage®. You must correctly extract the contents of the compressed
files before you can install the software. The product DVD can be
ordered from ibm.com®
Before you begin
Tip: If you want to order a product DVD instead of
downloading an electronic image, see
ibm.com.
About this task
Download and extract the installation media.
Important: 
Do not use the
jar command
to extract the package. Use the
unzip command to
keep the execution permission so you can run the launchpad program.
Procedure
Extract the package to a temporary directory. To avoid
issues, do not use long paths and directories that have spaces in
their names. - Create a directory.
C:\temp\HP_INSTALL_IMAGE
/tmp/HP_INSTALL_IMAGE
- Extract the contents of the compressed file that you
downloaded into the directory that you created in the previous step. Following the previous example, you now have the directory
C:\temp\HP_INSTALL_IMAGE\HPQM\disk1
/tmp/HP_INSTALL_IMAGE/HPQM/disk1
Results
You extracted the installation files for the software.
What to do next
Install the adapter software, see
Installation tasks.