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IBM® Rational® ClearCase® Remote Client

From this site, you can install the IBM Rational ClearCase Remote Client for Eclipse by following the installation directions on this page. For information on installing the IBM Rational ClearCase Remote Client or the ClearCase Remote Client feature for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, 2008, or 2010, follow the links provided in the sections below.

About the ClearCase Remote Client

ClearCase Remote Client technology provides access to ClearCase from a variety of network connections, including broadband (WAN), dial-up, and traditional local area networks (LANs). This technology is available in the ClearCase Remote Client in the following forms:

  • The ClearCase Remote Client is a self-contained application that is not integrated with Eclipse and does not depend on any particular development environment. It includes:
    • Viewers, such as the ClearCase Navigator and ClearCase Details view, that provide access to resources loaded into ClearCase views and also allow you to browse the contents of remote ClearCase repositories
    • Dialog boxes that implement ClearCase operations such as checkout and checkin
    • Wizards that automate tasks such as joining a UCM project and creating ClearCase views
    • Toolbars and context menus that provide access to the dialog boxes and wizards

    The ClearCase Remote Client is installed using the IBM Installation Manager. Refer to the Installing and upgrading help in the Rational ClearCase 7.1.2 Information Center for more information.

  • The ClearCase Remote Client for Eclipse, which integrates the ClearCase Remote Client with the Eclipse 3.2 or greater platforms. In the ClearCase Remote Client for Eclipse, all ClearCase Remote Client viewers are available in the ClearCase Explorer perspective and can be added to other Eclipse perspectives as well. Dialog boxes and wizards are accessible from ClearCase toolbars (which can be added to any Eclipse perspective that supports a Team provider) and also from the Eclipse Team context menu. For installation instructions, see Installing the Rational ClearCase Remote Client for Eclipse.
  • The ClearCase Remote Client Extension for Rational Delivery Software Platform products, which installs the ClearCase Remote Client into a Rational product based on the Rational Software Delivery Platform on Eclipse 3.2 or greater. To install the ClearCase Remote Client Extension for Rational Delivery Software Platform products, you must be running version 7.1.x or greater of both the ClearCase Remote Client and the ClearCase server.

    The ClearCase Remote Client Extension for Rational Delivery Software Platform products is installed using the IBM Installation Manager. Refer to the Installing and upgrading help in the Rational ClearCase 7.1.2 Information Center for more information.

  • The ClearCase Remote Client for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, 2008, or 2010 provides access to ClearCase from a variety of network connections, including broadband (WAN), dial-up, and traditional local area networks (LANs). It is used to add support for ClearCase web views from within the Visual Studio shell.

    The ClearCase Remote Client for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, 2008, or 2010, offers a first-class integration with the Microsoft Visual Studio IDE. It provides menus and toolbars to perform basic ClearCase operations such as checkout and checkin and automates tasks such as joining a UCM project and creating ClearCase views. In addition, it enables developers to manage their VS.NET solution and project artifacts in ClearCase views and perform advanced ClearCase search operations with tool windows such as Front Desk, ClearCase Search, and Pending Solution Checkins.

    The ClearCase Remote Client for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, 2008, or 2010 is installed using the IBM Installation Manager. Refer to the Installing and upgrading help in the Rational ClearCase 7.1.2 Information Center for more information.

The ClearCase Remote Client, the ClearCase Remote Client for Eclipse, and the ClearCase Remote Client for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, 2008, or 2010, is powered by Eclipse technology. Eclipse is an award-winning, open source platform for the construction of powerful software development tools and rich desktop applications. For more information about Eclipse, see the Eclipse Web site at http://www.eclipse.org.

Installing GEF

Rational ClearCase Remote Client for Eclipse requires that GEF be installed in your Eclipse environment. If you do not have GEF, you must install it before installing the Rational ClearCase Remote Client for Eclipse.

If your environment already has GEF installed, you do not need to perform this task. To check if it is installed, start Eclipse and click Help > About Eclipse, then click the Feature Details button. If there is an entry with "Graphical Editing Framework" in the Feature Name field and "org.eclipse.gef" in the Feature ID field, then you have GEF installed in your Eclipse environment.
Note: You must be logged in as a local Administrator with sufficient privileges for updating your installation of Eclipse.
Download the GEF Runtime feature that corresponds to your version of Eclipse from the Eclipse Web site (http://www.eclipse.org) and unzip it into your Eclipse directory, or follow these steps to install GEF with the Eclipse Update Manager:

Installing the Rational ClearCase Remote Client for Eclipse

Before installing the Rational ClearCase Remote Client for Eclipse, you must install GEF to your Eclipse environment. See Installing GEF above.

If you are using the IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform (version 7.0 or greater) or Eclipse (version 3.2 or greater) for your integrated development environment (IDE) and would like to use the Rational ClearCase Remote Client for Eclipse to provide Team services in the Eclipse environment, follow the instructions for installing with Eclipse 3.2.x through 3.3.x or installing with Eclipse 3.4 or installing with Eclipse 3.5 or installing with Eclipse 3.6.

Note: You must be logged in as a local Administrator with sufficient privileges for updating your installation of Eclipse.

Checking for Updates

Updates to the ClearCase Remote Client for Eclipse are available through IBM Rational CM Server and installed via the Eclipse update mechanism. Updates to the ClearCase Remote Client or ClearCase Remote Client Extension are available through an Installation Manager repository and installed via Installation Manager. Your ClearCase Administrator will inform you when updates are available and should be installed on your client machine.