Installing and uninstalling Liberty using downloaded files and archives
You can install Liberty by extracting an
archive file.


About this task
To try out Liberty and use Liberty to develop applications that run on WebSphere® Application Server traditional or Liberty, you can download a no-charge, unsupported edition from the WASdev download page.
To use Liberty in a production environment with guaranteed service levels and IBM® support, you must purchase WebSphere Application Server (base), WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, WebSphere Application Server Express®, or WebSphere Application Server Liberty Core. Liberty is included with these editions and can also be downloaded separately, as an edition-specific Java™ archive (JAR) file, from Passport Advantage® Online. The associated service is available from Fix Central. If you download and install Liberty from an unsupported JAR or ZIP file, you can later purchase a supported edition and upgrade the license for your existing installation.
File | Content | Passport Advantage Online | IBM Fix Central | WASdev website |
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JAR files for installing a supported edition-specific V8.5.5.8 or later Liberty runtime
environment
Example: wlp-nd-all-8.5.5.x.jar |
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✔ | ||
ZIP files for installing an unsupported V8.5.5.6 or later Liberty runtime environment with a
limited production license Can be upgraded to a supported edition by using the license upgrade JAR file Example: wlp-webProfile7-8.5.5.x.zip |
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✔ | ✔ | |
JAR files for installing an edition-specific V8.5.5.0 Liberty runtime environment Example: wlp-nd-runtime-8.5.5.0.jar |
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✔ | ||
JAR files for installing an edition-specific V8.5.5.1 or later Liberty runtime
environment The unsupported JAR file can be upgraded to a supported edition by using the license upgrade JAR file Example: wlp-nd-runtime-8.5.5.6.jar |
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Fully supported JAR files | Unsupported JAR file only | |
JAR files for license upgrades:
Example: wlp-nd-license-8.5.5.jar |
No runtime environment or features | ✔ | ✔ |
For Windows, Linux, and Mac OS, you can also install the WebSphere Application Server Developer Tools for Eclipse, then use the tools to install the profile. For more information, see Installing Liberty developer tools and (optionally) Liberty.

