Downloading the installation media

Download the adapter installation media from IBM® Passport Advantage®. You must correctly extract the contents of the compressed files before you can install the software.

Before you begin

Tip: If you want to order a product DVD instead of downloading an electronic image, see ibm.com®.

About this task

Important:
  • For Windows By default, the extraction tool included in Windows operating systems extracts the contents of compressed files to <current directory of the compressed file>/<name of compressed file>. (For example, the contents of C:\temp\myfile.zip are extracted into C:\temp\myfile.) Do not use this default setting to extract the contents of each compressed file. Instead, follow the steps in this topic.
  • For Linux On Linux platforms, do not use the jar command to extract the package. Use the unzip command.
  • When you extract the contents of the compressed files, ensure that you preserve the directory structure of the extracted contents.
  • To avoid problems during adapter software installation and configuration, do not use spaces in the file paths.

Procedure

Extract the installation files for the software.
  1. Create a directory.
    • For Windows C:\temp\GIT_INSTALL_IMAGE
    • For Linux /tmp/GIT_INSTALL_IMAGE
  2. Extract the contents of the zip file that you downloaded into the directory that you created in the previous step. Following the previous example, you now have the directory
    • For Windows C:\temp\GIT_INSTALL_IMAGE\GIT\Disk1
    • For Linux /tmp/GIT_INSTALL_IMAGE/GIT/Disk1

Results

You have extracted the installation files for the software.

What to do next

Install the Rational Adapter for Git software using IBM Installation Manager, see Installing from Installation Manager or using a command-line command, see Installing with a response file.

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