IBM Installation Manager
IBM® Installation Manager is a program that helps you install the Rational® Programming Patterns product package on your workstation. It also helps you update, modify, and uninstall any package that you install. A package can be a product, a group of components, or a single component that is designed for Installation Manager to install.
IBM Installation Manager helps you keep track of what you have installed, determine what is available for you to install, and organize installation directories. It is installed on your system the first time you install a Rational Software Delivery Platform product.
Installing products from their launchpad is recommended because it automatically starts IBM Installation Manager. The necessary repository location information and the packages to be installed are automatically preselected. Moreover if the IBM Installation Manager version is not compatible with the version required to install the new packages, its update is automatically proposed.
- The Install wizard walks you through the installation process. You can install a package by accepting the defaults, or you can change the default settings to customize an installation. Before you install a package, you see a summary of your selections throughout the wizard. Using the wizard, you can install one or more packages at one time.
- The Update wizard searches for available updates to packages that you have installed. An update can be a released fix, a new feature, or a new version of the product. Details of the contents of the update are provided in the wizard. You can decide whether to apply an update.
- With the Modify wizard, you can change certain elements of a package that you have installed. During the first installation of the package, you select the features to install. If you require other features later, you can use the Modify wizard to add the features. You can also remove features.
- The Manage Licenses wizard helps you set up the licenses for your packages. Use this wizard to change your trial license to a full license, to set up your servers for floating licenses, and to select the type of license to use for each package.
- The Roll Back wizard reverts to a previous version of a package.
- The Uninstall wizard removes a package from your computer. You can uninstall more than one package at a time.
For more information, see the Installation Manager documentation.