Installing from the launchpad

The launchpad provides you with a single location to start the installation process. When you install with the launchpad, you are performing an administrative installation.
Use the launchpad to start the administrative installation of software in these cases:

To perform a non-administrative installation, switch to the InstallerImage_<platform> folder in the disk1 directory, and run userinst.exe (for Windows®), or userinst (for Linux®).

For products that are installed by IBM® Installation Manager, starting the installation process from the launchpad causes Installation Manager to be automatically installed if it is not already on your computer. Furthermore, the installation process is already configured with the location of the repository that contains the installation package. If you install Installation Manager separately, you must configure the repository preferences manually. Also, you can start the installation of a number of supporting software items from the launchpad.


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