Installing the Rational Programming Patterns client
After installing the products required for your target environment, you must install the Rational® Programming Patterns client on Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. 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).
To select the installation method that is best suited to your needs, see the information in Installation methods for Rational Programming Patterns.
- 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, complete 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.
- Installing a trial version on your workstation.
Download the installation files from IBM Developer at the following address: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/r/rppz/. Extract the installation image from the compressed files that you downloaded.
Proceed like for an installation from a repository. Indicate the directory that contains the extracted files of the installation image.
Procedure
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.