IBM Rational Application Developer Version 6.0 Interim Fix 002 - Installation instructions

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Contents

1.0 Overview
2.0 Installation prerequisites
3.0 Installing the interim fix from the Rational Product Updater
4.0 Downloading the interim fix for local installations
5.0 Customer Support
6.0 Notices and Trademarks  

1.0 Overview

This document describes how to install IBM® Rational® Application Developer Interim Fix 002 using the Rational Product Updater. This interim fix is provided as an update. The preferred method for downloading this interim fix is via the IBM update server; however, you can also download a ZIP file that contains this interim fix for local installations. The following sections describe how to install this interim fix.

2.0 Installation prerequisites

If you disabled any product features through the Update Manager, or by modifying feature.xml files, you must re-enable them before you install this interim fix.

3.0 Installing the interim fix from the Rational Product Updater

Install the interim fix using the same user account used to installed IBM Rational Application Developer V6.0.

Restriction: On Windows® operating systems, this account requires Administer privileges. On Linux operating systems, you must use the root user account.

  1. Start the Rational Product Updater by clicking Start > Programs > IBM Rational > Rational Product Updater in Windows and Main menu > Programming > Rational Product Updater in Linux.

    Important: If you start the Rational Product Updater from the product main menu, you must close IBM Rational Application Developer. IBM Rational Application Developer cannot be open when you install this interim fix.

  2. Click Find Updates.

    Tip: If the Rational Product Updater requires an update, you are prompted to install it before you can continue. Click OK. The Rational Product Updater installs the update, restarts, and retrieves a list of available updates.

  3. By default, all available updates are selected. Ensure that you select Interim Fix 002 - Code fixes and non-mandatory documentation.

    Tip: To view the description for this update, click the update. The description is displayed in the Detailed information view.

  4. Click Install Updates.
  5. To accept the license agreement and continue the installation, click OK.

    Depending on the speed of your computer processor, the amount of RAM, and the speed of your Internet connection, the update might take an extended period of time to download and install.

    After the installation is complete, the Rational Product Updater lists the installed updates on the Installed Products tab.

  6. Close the Rational Product Updater.

4.0 Downloading the interim fix for local installations

The preferred method for installing this interim fix is via the IBM update server; however, it is also available for download. You might want to download and install the interim fix in the following situations:

To download and install the interim fix, complete the following steps:

  1. Download the interim fix from ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/rationalsdp/rad/60/zips/rad60_interim_fix002.zip
  2. Extract the interim fix to a temporary directory, such as C:\temp.
  3. For installation instructions, refer to C:\temp\install_local_002.html.

5.0 Customer support

For product news, events, support, and other information, see the Rational Application Developer home page at
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/developer/application/index.html.

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