Ideally, this update should be installed directly from
the IBM® update server. However,
you can also download a compressed file that contains the update.
About this task
You can select this method in the following cases
- 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,
the Rational Programming Patterns product,
its version, and the platform. Click Next.
- Select Show fixes that get me to this version and
click Next.
- Select IBM Rational Programming Patterns followed
by the version and click Next.
- Sign in.
- 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 extraction directory. This directory
contains subdirectories. Expand the subdirectory that corresponds
to the client or server installation and select diskTag.inf.
Click OK.
- Click Test connections to ensure
that the new repository can be found.
- Click OK.
What to do next
The local repository is now set. Follow the procedure that
is described in
Updating from the IBM update server.