Installing the Adapter Development Kit

Follow the instructions in one of the following sections to install the Adapter Development Kit if indicated by the procedural overview in Overview of installation:

Installing the Adapter Development Kit using the graphical installer

The Adapter Development Kit is supported on Windows systems only. Do the following to install the Adapter Development Kit using the graphical installer:

  1. Invoke Installer as described in Invoke Installer as described in Invoking the graphical WBIA installer.
  2. At the language selection prompt, choose the desired language from the drop-down menu and click OK.
  3. At the Welcome screen click Next.
  4. At the IBM license acceptance screen, click I accept the terms in the license agreement and then click OK.
  5. The product directory screen allows you to specify where to install the Adapter Development Kit. The adapter installer will try to locate the installation location of the Adapter Framework; if it finds it, this path will be displayed by default. If it does not find it, then the following default is displayed: C:\IBM\WebSphereAdapters.

    You may specify another directory, but it must contain an installation of a compatible version of the Adapter Framework.

    For information on installing the Adapter Framework, see Installing the adapter framework. For more information on installing WebSphere InterChange Server, see the .

    At the product directory screen, perform one of the following tasks:

  6. The summary screen lists the features that will be installed, the specified product directory, and the amount of disk space required. Read the information to verify it and then click Next.
  7. After Installer finishes successfully, click Finish.

Installing the Adapter Development Kit silently

The Adapter Development Kit is supported on Windows systems only. Do the following to perform a silent installation of the Adapter Development Kit:

  1. Prepare a response file to install the Adapter Development Kit as described in Preparing the installation response file, using the desired options listed in Table 18.

    Table 18. Silent installation options for the Adapter Development Kit

    Option name Option values
    -W destination.path=
    

    Set this option to the directory path where the WebSphere Business Integration Adapters product will be installed.

    -G replaceExistingResponse
    

    Set this option to yesToAll or yes to replace all files found on the system that have the same name as those being copied by the installer.

    Set this option to noToAll or no to not replace any files found on the system that have the same name as those being copied by the installer.

    -G replaceNewerResponses
    

    Set this option to yesToAll or yes to replace all files found on the system that are newer than those being copied by the installer.

    Set this option to noToAll or no to not replace any files found on the system that are newer than those being copied by the installer.

    -G createDirectoryResponse
    

    Set this option to yes to create the product directory specified by the option if it does not already exist.

    Set this option to no to not have the product directory created if it does not exist.

    You must set this option to yes if the specified directory does not exist for the installation to succeed.

    -G removeExistingResponse
    

    This option is not relevant for any broker on any platform. Comment out this option.

    -G removeModifiedResponse
    

    This option is not relevant for any broker on any platform. Comment out this option.

  2. Perform the silent installation as described in Executing the silent installation, using the response file prepared in step 1.

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