Ideally, this update should be installed directly from
the IBM® update server. However,
you may also download a compressed file containing the update and
perform local installations.
About this task
You might want to do this if
- You have a slow or unstable Internet connection and want to use
a download manager that can resume the download.
- You have difficulty accessing the live IBM update servers from behind a firewall.
- You prefer to download the update and install it later.
Procedure
- Connect to the IBM Fix Central site.
- Select the Rational product group, Rational
Programming Patterns product, 8.0.3 version,
and Windows platform. Click Next.
- Select 'Show fixes that get me to this
version' and click Next.
- Select 'IBM Rational Programming Patterns
Version 8.0.3' and click Next.
- Select your download option and click Next.
- Click 'Download now'.
- Extract the content of this file to a folder on your system.
- Start IBM Installation
Manager by selecting, by default, .
- From the menu bar, select to specify the location
of the extracted file.
- On the Repositories page, click Add
Repository . Browse to the directory where you extracted
the update installation files. Inside that directory you will see
a repository.config file. Select it and click OK.
What to do next
Now that the local repository has been set, follow the instructions
outlined in the section '
Updating
the client from the IBM update
server'.