Installing from the DVD or an image downloaded from Passport Advantage

Follow these instructions if you are installing IBM® WebSphere® Application Server Developer Tools for Eclipse from a DVD or from an electronic image that you downloaded from IBM Passport Advantage®.

Before you begin

Ensure that your computer meets the system requirements for the software that you are installing.
If you downloaded the software from IBM Passport Advantage, ensure that you extracted the contents of the compressed files. The extracted contents are in the WDT/disk1 directory where you extracted the contents.
If you want Installation Manager to search for the latest available version of the software that you are installing, ensure that you are connected to the Internet.

Procedure

If you are installing from an electronic image, change to directory where you extracted the contents of the compressed file and change to the WDT/disk1 directory. If you are installing from the DVD, change to the root directory of the disk.
Depending on your user ID, complete one of the following steps:
- If your user account has authority to install software as an administrator:
  1. Start the launchpad:
    - : Run launchpad.exe.
      Important: If your operating system is Windows 7, then you must run launchpad.exe as administrator.
    - : Run launchpad.sh, which is in the root directory of the DVD.
  2. Click Install IBM WebSphere Application Server Developer Tools for Eclipse.
- If your user account does not have authority to install software as an administrator: Run the userinst program:
  1. If the launchpad program started automatically, stop it.
  2. In a command line, run the following command for your operating system:
    - : Run InstallerImage_win32\userinst.exe.
    - : Run InstallerImage_linux/userinst.
IBM Installation Manager starts and opens the Install Packages wizard.
On the Install Packages screen, both IBM WebSphere Application Server Developer Tools for Eclipse and IBM Installation Manager are selected for installation. If you already have the required version of IBM Installation Manager installed on your computer, then only IBM WebSphere Application Server Developer Tools for Eclipse is shown.
To search for updates to the packages, click Check for Other Versions and Extensions to install the latest available version. If a newer version is available, it is automatically selected for installation.
Click Next.
On the Validation Results page, click Next.
On the Licenses page, read the license agreements for the selected packages. If you agree to the terms of all of the license agreements, click I accept the terms of the license agreements and then click Next.
If you do not already have a version of IBM Installation Manager installed on your computer, then you must specify the following installation directories and then click Next:
1. In the Shared Resources Directory field, type the directory path for installing shared resources, or accept the default path. If you are installing on Linux, ensure that you do not include any spaces in the directory path.
  Note: Use your disk with the most available space for to help ensure adequate space for the shared resources of future packages. You cannot change the shared resources directory location unless you uninstall all packages.
2. In the Installation Manager Directory field, type the path for the directory where you want to install Installation Manager, or accept the default path.
On the Location page:
1. In the Installation Directory field, type the path for the directory where you want to install the product, or accept the default path directory.
2. If you operating system is 64-bit, then select 64-bit or 32-bit to install the product in the corresponding bit mode.
3. Click Next.
On the Features page under Languages, select the languages for the package group. The corresponding national language translations for the user interface and documentation for the product package is installed.
On the next Features page, select the package features that you want to install and then click Next.
- AJAX, Dojo, and HTML
  Provides tools for building web applications using JavaScript, Dojo, XML, HTML, and CSS.
- Dojo Toolkit libraries
  Provides the Dojo Toolkit libraries for building web applications.
- JSP and servlet
  Provides tools for building web applications using JSP, servlets, and HTML.
- Java EE and web services
  Provides tools for developing Java EE applications, including tools for enhanced validating and refactoring.
- OSGi Application
  Provides tools for developing and maintaining OSGi-based applications and bundles, including tools for enhanced validating and refactoring.
- WebSphere Application Server 8.5 - Liberty Profile
  Provides a lightweight set of tools for developing, assembling, and deploying applications to WebSphere Application Server 8.5 - Liberty Profile.
- WebSphere Application Server 8.5
  Provides tools for creating and deploying applications for WebSphere Application Server 8.5.
- WebSphere Application Server 8.0
  Provides tools for creating and deploying applications for WebSphere Application Server 8.0.
- WebSphere Application Server 7.0
  Provides tools for creating and deploying applications for WebSphere Application Server 7.0.
On the help system configuration page, select one of the following options and then click Next:
- Access help from the Web
- Download help and access content locally
- Access help from a server on your intranet
Confirm your installation summary information and then click Install. The installation process starts. A progress indicator shows the percentage of the installation completed.
When the installation process is complete, a message confirms the success of the process.
1. Click View log file to open the installation log file for the current session in a new window. You must close the Installation Log window to continue.
2. In the Install Package wizard, select whether you want the product to start when you exit.
3. Click Finish to start the selected package. The Install Package wizard closes and you are returned to the Start page of Installation Manager.