The launchpad program provides you with a single location
to view release information and start the installation process.
About this task
Use the launchpad program to start the installation in the
following scenarios:
- Installing from an electronic image on your workstation.
- Installing from an electronic image on a shared drive.
Procedure
- Complete the preinstallation tasks described in Pre-installation checklist, if you have not done
so already.
- Start the launchpad program.
- For Windows: Run launchpad.exe
- For Linux: Run launchpad.sh
- When you are ready to begin the installation, click Install
Engineering Method Composer.
Note: If you want to install the product as a non-root user on UNIX systems or as a non-administrator on Windows systems, from the Select user mode for Installation Manager list, select Non-Administrator. When you select Non-Administrator, the software packages will be installed in the user's directory.
- A message window opens to inform you whether the Installation Manager program
is detected on your workstation.
- If IBM® Installation Manager is not detected on your
system, then you are informed that you must install it before you
can continue.
- Click OK to install IBM Installation
Manager .
- Follow the on-screen instructions in the wizard to complete the
installation .
- When the installation of completes successfully, click Finish to
close the wizard.
- Read the message that opens and click OK.
- If IBM Installation Manager is detected on your
system, click OK and it starts and automatically opens the
Install Packages wizard.
- Follow the on-screen instructions in the Install Packages
wizard to complete the installation. See Installing by using IBM Installation Manager for details.