Installing by using IBM Installation Manager
The following steps describe how to install the Rational® Method Composer package
by using IBM® Installation Manager.
Before you begin
IBM Installation Manager retrieves product packages from specific repository locations. By default, IBM Installation Manager uses an embedded URL in each Rational software development product to connect to a repository server that contains installation product packages and new features. Your organization may require you to redirect the repository connection to use your corporate Intranet site.
When you start the installation of Rational Method Composer from the launchpad program, the location of the repository that contains the product package is automatically defined in IBM Installation Manager.
Procedure
- (Optional) If the Install Packages wizard did not start
automatically, then start it:
- Start the Installation Manager.
- From the Start page, click Install. Note: If a new version is found, you are prompted to confirm that you want to install it before you can continue. Click OK to proceed. Installation Manager automatically installs the new version.When Installation Manager starts, it searches all of its defined repositories for available packages.
- The Install page of Install Packages wizard lists all the packages that are in the defined repositories. If two versions of a package are discovered, only the most recent, or recommended, version of the package is displayed. To display all versions of packages that are found through search, click Show all versions.
- Click the Rational Method Composer package to display its description in the Details pane.
- To search for updates to the package, click Check
for Other Versions and Extensions. Note: For Installation Manager to search the predefined IBM update repository locations for the installed packages, you must select Search services repositories during installation and updates on the Repositories preference page. This preference is selected by default. Internet access is also required.Installation Manager searches for updates at the predefined IBM update repository for the product package. It also searches all repository locations that you have set. A progress indicator displays that the search is taking place. You can install updates at the same time that you install the base product package.
- If updates for the package are found, then they will be
displayed in the Installation Packages list
on the Install Packages page below their corresponding product. Only
recommended updates are displayed by default.
- To display all updates that are found for the available packages, click Show all versions.
- To display a package description under Details, click on the package name. If additional information about the package is available, such as a readme file or release notes, a More info link is included at the end of the description text. Click the link to display the additional information in a browser. To fully understand the package that you are installing, review all of the information before you continue with the installation.
- Select the package and updates to the package that you
want to install. Updates that have dependencies are automatically
selected and cleared together. Click Next to
continue. Note: If you install multiple packages at the same time, then all the packages will be installed into the same package group.
- On the Licenses page, read the license agreement for the
selected package. If you selected more than one package to install,
there might be a license agreement for each package. On the left side
of the License page, click each package version
to display its license agreement. The package versions that you selected
to install (for example, the base package and an update) are listed
under the package name.
- If you agree to the terms of all of the license agreements, click I accept the terms of the license agreements.
- Click Next.
- On the Location page, type the path for the shared
resources directory in the Shared Resources Directory field;
or accept the default path. The shared resources directory contains
resources that can be shared by one or more package groups. Click Next to
continue.
The default path is: C:\Program Files\IBM\SDPShared
Important: You can specify the shared resources directory only the first time that you install a package. Use your largest disk for this to help ensure adequate space for the shared resources of future packages. To change the directory location, you must uninstall all packages.Note: Ensure that your installation path does not contain parenthesis. - On the Location page, either choose an existing package
group to install the package into, or create a new one. A package
group represents a directory in which packages share resources with
other packages in the same group. To create a new package group:
- Click Create a new package group.
- Type the path for the installation directory for the
package group. The name for the package group is created
automatically.
The default path is: C:\Program Files\IBM\RMC
- Click Next to continue.
- On the next Location page, you can choose to extend an
existing Eclipse IDE that is already installed on your system, adding
the functionality in the packages that you are installing. You must
have Eclipse Version 4.2.2
to select this option.
- If you do not want to extend an existing Eclipse IDE, click Next to continue.
- To extend an existing Eclipse IDE:
- Select Extend an existing Eclipse.
- In the Eclipse IDE field, type or navigate to the location of the folder containing the eclipse executable file (eclipse.exe or eclipse.bin). Installation Manager will check if the Eclipse IDE version is valid for the package that you are installing. The Eclipse IDE JVM field displays the Java™ Virtual Machine (JVM) for the IDE that you specified.
- Click Next to continue.
- On the next Location page, extend an existing Eclipse
IDE already installed on your system, adding the functionality in
the packages that you are installing. You must have Eclipse Version
4.2.2 to select this option.
- Select Extend an existing Eclipse.
- In the Eclipse IDE field, type or navigate to the location of the folder containing the eclipse executable file (eclipse.exe or eclipse.bin). Installation Manager will check if the Eclipse IDE version is valid for the package that you are installing. The Eclipse IDE JVM field displays the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) for the IDE that you specified.
- Click Next to continue.
- On the Features page under Languages, select the languages for the package group. The corresponding national language translations for the user interface and documentation for the package will be installed. Note that your choices apply to all packages installed under this package group.
- On the next Features page, select the package features
that you want to install.
- Optional: To see the dependency relationships between features, select Show Dependencies.
- Optional: Click a feature to view its brief description under Details.
- Select or clear features in the packages. Installation Manager will automatically enforce any dependencies with other features and display updated download size and disk space requirements for the installation.
- When you are finished selecting features, click Next to continue.
- On the next Features page, click Next.
- On the Summary page, review your choices before installing the package. If you want to change the choices that you made on previous pages, click Back and make your changes. When you are satisfied with your installation choices, click Install to install the package. A progress indicator shows the percentage of the installation completed.
- When the installation process is complete, a message confirms
the success of the process.
- Click View log file to open the installation log file for the current session in a new window. You must close the Installation Log window to continue.
- In the Install Package wizard, select whether you want to start when you exit.
- Click Finish to launch the selected package. The Install Package wizard closes and you are returned to the Start page.
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