Upgrading MobileFirst Studio in the Consumer or Enterprise Editions to MobileFirst Studio V7.1.0

How to upgrade MobileFirst Studio in IBM MobileFirst™ Platform Foundation to MobileFirst Studio V7.1.0.

About this task

The upgrade to MobileFirst Studio V7.1.0 is performed as an Eclipse P2 update operation. After MobileFirst Studio V7.1.0 is installed, you can then point to your earlier workspace and work with your existing projects.

Procedure

  1. Start your Eclipse IDE workbench and verify your version of Eclipse
    • You must use a version of Eclipse that is supported in MobileFirst Studio V7.1.0, see System requirements.
    • If you have an older version of Eclipse, update it before continuing this procedure.
  2. Click Help > Install new software.
  3. In the Add Repository window, click Archive.
  4. Browse to the update site directory on the installation disk or to your downloaded installation files.
  5. Select the update site .zip file and then click OK.
  6. On the Available Software page, select IBM MobileFirst Platform Studio Development Tools, and click Next. If you want to see the components to be installed, expand IBM MobileFirst Platform Studio Development Tools, and select the components you want:
    • Always select IBM MobileFirst Platform Studio.
    • Select IBM Dojo Mobile Tools if you anticipate using that JavaScript library.
    • Select IBM jQuery Mobile Tools if you anticipate using that JavaScript library.
  7. On the Install Details page, review the features of MobileFirst Studio to be installed.

    You may see one or more messages in the lower part of the page similar to Your original request has been modified. "IBM Dojo Mobile Tools" is already installed, so an update will be performed instead. This is expected, and indicates that an update is being performed.

  8. Click Next.
  9. On the Review Licenses page, review the license text. If you agree to the terms, select I accept the terms of the license agreement and then click Finish. The installation process starts.
  10. Follow the prompts to complete the installation.

Results

MobileFirst Studio is now updated.
Note:
If the update appears to hang, it might be because you are using a bad mirror site. Add this line to your eclipse.ini file to solve the problem:
-Declipse.p2.mirrors=false

What to do next

The topic Migrating projects to MobileFirst Studio V7.1.0 contains information about how to migrate and work with your existing projects.
Parent topic: Upgrading to MobileFirst Studio V7.1.0