Installing TPF Toolkit by using the Eclipse Installer

Use this procedure to install TPF Toolkit by using the Eclipse Installer. Ignore this topic if your organization chooses to install TPF Toolkit from a fix pack product archive file.

Before you begin

  1. Start of changeFor TPF Toolkit 4.6 Fix Pack 17 or later, install IBM® Semeru Runtime Open Edition 17.End of change
  2. Start of changeFor TPF Toolkit 4.6 Fix Pack 16 or earlier, install IBM SDK, Java™ Technology Edition.End of change
  3. Generate a customized Eclipse Installer.

Procedure

  1. Start of change From the IBM Fix Central website, download the product archive file for the latest TPF Toolkit fix pack:
    • For the Windows system, the product archive file is com.ibm.tpf.toolkit.product-win32.win32.x86_64.zip.
    • For the Linux® system, the product archive file is com.ibm.tpf.toolkit.product-linux.gtk.x86_64.zip.
    End of change
  2. Download an archive of the customized Eclipse Installer from the internal host to your workstation, for example:
    • For the Windows system: <HTTP document root>/tpftoolkit46/installer/eclipse-inst-win64-custom.zip
    • For the Linux system: <HTTP document root>/tpftoolkit46/installer/eclipse-inst-lin64-custom.tar.gz
    where <HTTP document root> is the HTTP server document root directory on your internal host, for example, /srv/www/htdocs/.
  3. Extract the archive.
  4. Double-click the eclipse-inst.exe file to start the Eclipse Installer.
  5. In the opened installation wizard, select TPF Toolkit.
  6. Start of change Browse to the installation directory of the Java development kit that contains the Java executable file. End of change
  7. Specify the installation folder for TPF Toolkit, for example:
    • For the Windows system, C:\tpftoolkit-46
    • For the Linux system, /usr/tpftoolkit-46
    Note: Installation processing will automatically create the eclipse subdirectory in your specified installation folder.
  8. Click Install to complete the installation process.

What to do next

After the installation is completed, click Launch to start TPF Toolkit. You are prompted to specify a local directory for workspace. Choose a directory outside the TPF Toolkit installation directory, for example:
  • For the Windows system, C:\Users\<your_userid>\tpftoolkit-46\workspace
  • For the Linux system, /usr/tpftoolkit-46/workspace

The workspace is a directory where the Eclipse Installer stores files to be used at run time.

Start of changeIf you previously used Fix Pack 16 or earlier and are installing Fix Pack 17 or later, you can use the same workspace that was used for the previous fix pack, and the workspace will be upgraded to be compatible with the current fix pack. After the workspace is upgraded, it becomes incompatible with an earlier fix pack. Therefore, if you choose to use the same workspace, back up the existing contents in the workspace.End of change