This topic provides the instructions for installing Rational® Software Architect
RealTime Edition.
Before you begin
Before you can install and use Rational Software Architect RealTime
Edition,
Version 7.5.2, you must install a Gnu-based C++ compiler such as Cygwin.
For more information, see C++ compiler requirements
You
must start your installation from the Setup disk, either by running
the launchpad program or by running the userinst. program. In the
instructions that follow, it is assumed that you started your installation
from the Setup disk.
If you want Installation Manager to search
for the latest available version of the packages you are installing,
ensure that you are connected to the Internet.
About this task
To install
IBM® Rational Software
Architect RealTime Edition, complete
the following steps:
Procedure
- Depending on your user ID, complete one of the following
steps:
- If you are installing as an Admin:
- Start the launchpad.
- Click Install IBM Rational Software
Architect RealTime Edition.
- If you are installing as a non-Admin: Start the installation
from the Setup disk by running the userinst program.
- Install or upgrade to IBM Installation
Manager, Version 1.2, or later, if that version is not already installed
on your computer:
- On the first page of the Install Packages wizard, 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 Licenses page, read the license agreements for IBM Installation
Manager. If you agree to the terms of all of the license agreements,
click I accept the terms in the license agreements and
then click Next.
- If Installation Manager is not already installed: On
the location page, in the Installation Manager Directory field, type
the path type the path for the directory where you want to install
Installation Manager or accept the default path and then click Next.
- On the Summary page, review your choices before starting
the installation process. If you want to change your selections, click Back to
return to the previous pages. When you are satisfied with your selections,
click Install.
- When the installation process completes, click Restart
Installation Manager. Installation Manager closes and
restarts.
- In the IBM Installation Manager window,
click Install. The Install Packages wizard
opens.
- Ensure that IBM Rational Software
Architect RealTime Edition is
selected.
- You can install updates at the same time that you install
the base product package. To search for updates to the packages, click Check
for Other Versions and Extensions. Installation
Manager searches for updates at the predefined IBM update
repository for the product package. It also searches any repository
locations that you have set.
- To learn more about the packages that you can install,
click the package name. A description of the package is displayed
in the Details pane. If additional information about the package is
available, a More info link is included at
the end of the description text. Click the link to display the additional
information in a browser.
- Click Next.
- On the Licenses page, read the license agreements for the
selected packages. On the left-hand side of the License page,
click each package version to display its license agreement.
- If you agree to the terms of all of the license agreements,
click I accept the terms of the license agreements.
- Click Next to continue.
- On the Location page, type the path for the shared
resources directory in the Shared Resources Directory field,
or accept the default path. If you are installing on Linux,
ensure that you do not include any spaces in the directory path. The
shared resources directory contains resources that can be shared by
one or more package groups.
Important: You
can specify the shared resources directory only at the time that install
Installation Manager. Use your largest disk for this to help ensure
adequate space for the shared resources of future packages. You cannot
change the directory location unless you uninstall all packages.
- Click Next to continue.
- On the Location page, create a package group to
install the product package into, or select a package group. A package
group represents a directory in which packages share resources with
other packages in the same group. To create a new package group:
- Click Create a new package group.
- Type the path for the installation directory for the
package group. (If you are installing on Linux,
ensure that you do not include any spaces in the directory path.) The name for the package group is created automatically.
After you select a package group, click Next.
- On the next Location page, you can choose to extend an
Eclipse IDE already installed on your system and add to it the functionality
in the packages that you are installing.
- If you do not want to extend an Eclipse IDE, click Next to
continue.
- To extend an existing Eclipse IDE:
- Select Extend an existing Eclipse.
- In the Eclipse IDE field, type or navigate
to the location of the folder that contains the eclipse executable
file (eclipse.exe or eclipse.bin). Installation manager will check
if the Eclipse IDE version is valid for the package that you are installing.
The Eclipse IDE JVM field displays the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) for the IDE that
you specified.
- Click Next to continue.
- 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 will be installed.
- On the next Features page, select the package
features that you want to install.
- Optional: To see the dependency relationships
between features, select Show Dependencies.
- Optional: Click a feature to view its brief
description under Details.
- Select or clear features in the packages. Installation
Manager will automatically enforce any dependencies with other features
and display updated download size and disk space requirements for
the installation.
- When you are finished selecting features, click Next to
continue.
- 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
- On the Summary page, review your choices before installing
the product package. If you want to change the choices that you made
on previous pages, click Back, and make your
changes. When you are satisfied with your installation choices, click Install to
install the package. A progress indicator shows the
percentage of the installation completed.
- When the installation process is complete, a message confirms
the success of the process.
- 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.
- In the Install Package wizard, select whether you want
the product to start when you exit.
- Click Finish to launch the selected
package. The Install Package wizard closes and you are returned to
the Start page of Installation Manager.
- Close Installation Manager.