Installing the Rational Rhapsody Design Manager Client Extension for the Rational Rhapsody in Eclipse client

You can install the IBM® Rational® Rhapsody® Design Manager Client Extension so that you can use it with Rational Rhapsody in an Eclipse working environment on a Windows system.

Before you begin

Install the following products before you link Rational Rhapsody to the Eclipse client.
  • Eclipse, version 3.5.2 or higher.
  • The Rational Rhapsody Design Manager Client Extension and the prerequisite products for it for the Rational Rhapsody, version 8.0.
  • Internet Explorer, version 8 or higher.

Procedure

  1. Open Eclipse and select Help > Install New Software.
  2. On the Available Software page, add the Rhapsody In Eclipse Update Site: Click Add and browse to <Rational Rhapsody installation path>\Eclipse.
  3. Select the IBM Rational Rhapsody Platform Integration check box, and then click Next.
  4. Continue and complete the linking of Rational Rhapsody to Eclipse, and click Finish.
  5. Restart Eclipse and verify that you have installed the Rational Rhapsody in Eclipse client: Be sure that you are able to switch to the Rhapsody Modeling perspective.
  6. To install the Rational Rhapsody Design Manager Client Extension for the Rational Rhapsody in Eclipse client, open Eclipse and select Help > Install New Software.
  7. On the Available Software page, add the RDM Eclipse Client Extension Update Site. Click Add and browse to <Rational Rhapsody installation path>\DesignManager\Eclipse. The DesignManager folder was installed during the Windows installation.
  8. Select the IBM Rational Rhapsody in Eclipse Design Manager Client Extension check box, and then click Next.
  9. To continue with the installation, you must accept the license agreement, and then click Next.
  10. Continue and complete the installation, and then click Finish.
  11. Verify that the Rational Rhapsody Design Manager Client Extension is installed for your Rational Rhapsody in Eclipse client:
    1. Open Eclipse and select Window > Show View > Other.
    2. Verify that the Rhapsody group has the following views:
      • DM Collaboration View
      • DM Reviews View
      • DM Search View
      • DM Links View
      • DM Changeset View

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