Updating from a compressed file

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

  1. Connect to the IBM Fix Central site.
    1. Select the Rational product group, the Rational Programming Patterns product, its version, and the platform. Click Next.
    2. Select Show fixes that get me to this version and click Next.
    3. Select IBM Rational Programming Patterns followed by the version and click Next.
    4. Sign in.
    5. Select your download option and click Next.
    6. Click Download now.
  2. Extract the content of this file to a folder on your system.
  3. Start IBM Installation Manager by selecting, by default, Start > All Programs > IBM Installation Manager > IBM Installation Manager.
  4. From the menu bar, select File > Preferences to specify the location of the extracted file.
  5. 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.
  6. Click Test connections to ensure that the new repository can be found.
  7. 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.

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