IBM® Rational® Application Developer Version 6.0 for LinuxTM - Release notes


Welcome to the integrated suite of Rational® Developer tools, powered by Eclipse technology release 3.0.1. To view the latest version of this readme file, go to this Web address: www3.software.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/rad/60/html/readme.html

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Table of contents

1.0 Hardware requirements
2.0 Supported software
3.0 Version 6.0 release notes
4.0 About Eclipse
5.0 Where to find more information
6.0 Downloading an installable image

1.0 Hardware requirements

Refer to the Installation Guide for the hardware requirements for installing Rational Application Developer.

2.0 Supported software

Refer to the Installation Guide for details on software and specifications that are supported by Rational Application Developer. For details on software and specifications that are supported by a specific tool in Rational Application Developer, refer to the online help.

3.0 Version 6.0 release notes

Release notes cover release-specific information (such as problems and limitations) that did not become available until after the product documentation was finalized.
For information about known problems and workarounds in the Eclipse base, refer to readme_eclipse.html located in the install_dir\eclipse\readme directory (where install_dir is your Rational Application Developer installation directory). This information is only available in English.

For information about what has changed since the previous release, click Help > Welcome and click the What's New icon.

4.0 About Eclipse

Eclipse is an open-source project that delivers a framework for developing plug-ins that make it easier to create, integrate, and use software tools. By collaborating and sharing core integration technology, tool producers can concentrate on their areas of expertise and the creation of new development technology. The Eclipse platform is written in the JavaTM language and comes with extensive toolkits and examples for construction plug-ins. It has already been deployed on a range of operating system environments including Linux, Mac OS X, QNX, and Windows®-based systems. Full details of the Eclipse community and white papers documenting the design of the Eclipse platform are available at www.eclipse.org.

Plug-in tools from other vendors, also built using the open-source Eclipse platform, integrate with the Rational Developer environment to provide additional value.

5.0 Where to find more information

6.0 Downloading an installable image

These instructions are provided for customers who download electronic installation images from the Internet instead of installing from CD-ROM.

Note: When upgrading from one Rational Software Development Platform product to another using the ESD images, ensure that you download and extract the same set of images for the new product that you downloaded and extracted for the original product. The same components installed in the original product will be automatically installed in the upgraded product.

Prerequisites:
There are 10 downloadable parts for Rational Application Developer. You must download the first 2 at a minimum; the rest are optional. Refer to the table below for details about what each archive contains:
Part 1
REQUIRED
Contains core installation files.
Part 2
REQUIRED Contains core installation files.
Part 3
OPTIONAL
Contains the WebSphere® Application Server V6.0.
Part 4
OPTIONAL Contains the Enterprise Generation Language (EGL).
Part 5
OPTIONAL Contains the Language Pack.
Part 6
OPTIONAL Contains Agent Controller. Download this part if you intend to use Agent Controller for profiling and remote deployment.
Part 7
OPTIONAL Contains the WebSphere legacy test environments.
Part 8
OPTIONAL
Contains the embedded messaging client and server. Important: If MQSeries® is already installed, do not install this part because the messaging and queuing client and server are a subset of the functions of the MQSeries®.
Part 9
OPTIONAL Contains the Crystal Enterprise V10 Professional Edition (English).
Part 10
OPTIONAL Contains the Crystal Enterprise V10 Professional Edition (Japanese).

To download and create the installation image:
  1. Download all the required parts and any optional parts to the same temporary directory.
  2. Launch the extractor-rad_linux.bin file that is located in the temporary directory. This starts the wizard that creates the installation image.
  3. Follow the instructions in the wizard to specify where you want to create the image and the features you want to include.
  4. After the image is created, if you want to install the product immediately, click Start the installation wizard before you click Finish. Alternatively, you can run the installation program later by launching tmp/disk1/launchpad.bin, where tmp is the directory where you created the installation image.
  5. Follow the instructions in the "Installing from the CD-ROM" section of the Installation Guide.

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