After installing the products required for your target
environment, you must install the Rational® Programming
Patterns client on Windows Vista, Windows XP Professional, or Windows 7 Professional. You install
it from its launchpad.
Before you begin
The Rational Programming
Patterns client must be installed in the same package group as the
products required for the client part, with the same type of rights
(administrator or user). Moreover, Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable
Package must already be installed.
To select the installation
method that is best suited to your needs, see the information in Installation methods for Rational Programming Patterns.
You start
installing in different ways, depending on the selected method:
- Installing from an installation disk.
- Insert the installation disk into your DVD drive.
- To start installing, open the Rational Programming
Patterns launchpad.
If autorun is enabled on your system, the launchpad
program automatically opens. If autorun is not enabled, start the
launchpad program by running the launchpad.exe command
from the root of the disk.
- Installing from an electronic image on your workstation.
- Download the installation files from IBM® Passport Advantage®.
Extract the installation image from the compressed files that you
downloaded.
- To start installing, open the Rational Programming
Patterns launchpad.
You start the launchpad program by running
the launchpad.exe command from the root of the
extracted directory
- Installing from an electronic image on a shared drive.
Download
the installation files from IBM Passport Advantage.
Extract the installation image from the compressed files that you
downloaded
To install interactively from the installation files
on the shared drive, run the launchpad.exe command
from the root of the extracted directory.
You can also install
in silent mode. For explanations, see the note in the Installing silently.
- Installing from a repository on an HTTP web server.
This method
assumes that the repository that contains the packages for IBM Rational Programming Patterns and any bundled
offerings has been created on the HTTP or HTTPS web server. For information
about how to copy installation packages to a web server, see Appendix: IBM Packaging Utility.
To install the Rational Programming Patterns
package from a repository to a web server, perform the following steps:
- Start IBM Installation Manager.
- On the Start page of Installation Manager,
click and then click Repositories.
The Repositories page opens, showing any available
repositories, their locations, and whether they are accessible.
- Click Add repository and indicate the URL
of the repository that contains the installation packages. The new
or changed repository location is listed. If the repository is not
accessible, an error icon is displayed in the Accessible column.
- Click OK to exit.
Procedure
- From the Rational Programming
Patterns launchpad, select Install Rational Programming
Patterns to open Installation Manager.
The
repository location information is automatically configured. So you
do not have to set it manually in the Installation Manager preferences.
- The first page of the Install Packages wizard
displays the Rational Programming
Patterns package available for installation. Select it.
- You might be prompted to update IBM Installation Manager to a newer version if
one is available. If you click Yes, Installation
Manager updates itself and informs you that it must be restarted to
complete the update. Click OK to restart Installation
Manager
- On the Licenses page, read
and accept the license agreement for the selected package. Rational Programming Patterns
will be installed with a trial license that expires in 60 days. You
will need to activate the licensed version of the product to use it
after the expiration date.
- On the Location pages, the location
that already contains the products required for the client part must
be selected.
- On the first Features page,
select the languages that you want to install for this package group.
On the next
Features page, select
the features that you want to install. A line
RPP Screen
simulator (for an installation on top of RDz) is displayed
under the Rational Programming Patterns package.
- If you install Rational Programming Patterns on top of Rational
Developer for System z, select this line. It enables you to see the
simulation of the Rational Programming Patterns Screens in the Screen
emulator view, which is dedicated to this use.
- If you install Rational Programming Patterns on top of Rational
Developer for AIX and Linux, this line is ineffective. See the help
on the -CE Lines tab of the Screen entity for
explanations on how to start the emulator on this environment.
- On the Summary page of Installation
Manager, click Install.
Results
Verify that the IBM Installation
Manager page that displays the installation results shows: The
packages are installed. There must not be any error or
warning icon. Moreover the list of the installed packages must contain
all the packages of the products that were selected for the installation.