Installing Industry Models Utilities
IBM Industry Models Utilities are installed as Eclipse features in Rational Software Architect (RSA) or in a co-shelled installation where multiple IBM software is installed into the same (Installation Manager) package group.
For more information, see IBM Software products installed together that share a common environment.
Note: if you installed RSA to the C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files (x86) folder
in Windows, run RSA as
administrator when you install or uninstall features such as IBM Industry Models Utilities. To run
RSA as administrator, close
RSA, right-click
RSA in the Windows Start menu and click
Run as administrator.
Before you install the Industry Models Utilities, uninstall previously installed Industry Models Utilities features, including older versions (see Uninstalling Industry Models Utilities).
If you want to use IGC with RSA, install the IGC for Eclipse plug-in before you install the IBM Industry Model Utilities.
To install the Industry Models Utilities:
- In RSA, go to the Help menu and click Install New Software.
- On the Available Software wizard page, click Add.
- In the Add Repository window, click Archive.
- In the Repository archive window, select
the Industry Models Utilities update site from the installation directory:
- <Industry Models installation directory>\Industry Models\<product name>\<version>\<offering>\Industry Models Utilities\industry-models-utilities.<version>.runtime-update_site.zip
- On the Available Software wizard page, select Group items by category.
- From the displayed list, select the category that best matches your environment and click Next. For more information, see Categories.
- On the Install Details wizard page, click Next.
- On the Review Licenses wizard page, read the license text. If you choose to accept the license agreement click I accept the terms of the license agreement and click Finish. Otherwise, click Cancel to cancel the installation.
- If a security warning dialog displays, click OK. When installation is complete, a message displays to inform you that you need to restart RSA for the changes to take effect.
- After you restart RSA, you can verify that the Industry Models Utilities features were installed. Go to the Help menu and select About Rational Software Architect. Click Installation Details. IBM Industry Models Utilities features are listed on the Installed Software tab.
Note: if the following error message displays: The items selected
for install include software (com.ibm.rcp.dombrowser.feature.feature.jar)
that requires install procedures from the older Eclipse Update Manager.
The installation cannot continue. You need to:
- Cancel the current installation.
- Close RSA.
- Run RSA as administrator.
- Restart installation of Industry Models Utilities.