Re: Updates to new WDSC 7.0 -- WDSCI-L

Hi Jerry

I just had a tough week trying to update v7 - IM blew up on me - so I gave up and did the full uninstall-reinstall game - YUK. I have the Advanced Edition - partners with Software Access Catalog subscription can get it. Also had HATS 7 and RBDE 7 (EGL). Did a reinstall - very clean, worked great. Then ran IM to get to 7.0.0.2 - blew up again - turned out to EGL stuff - it's wonderful how this stuff does not work well together - sheesh! Once I uninstalled the RBDE feature/app, the update worked great using IM.

Software Updates IS the way to install things like Turnover's plugins, including the RSE Extensions. I have instructions for that at work - can relay them to anyone that needs them. Worked fine for me yesterday - once in a row - SUCCESS!

Vern

At 07:27 AM 10/18/2007, you wrote:

Mark,

I upgraded to v7 on Monday. First the Software Updates in the Help menu
item crapped out three or four times before it finally finished (got
closer each time I ran it).

Then, the Installation Manager kept crashing. It, too, seemed to get a
little closer each time I ran it.

From this distance I don't recall the errors that either process
generated. I do remember that the Log files weren't any help to me
(probably would have been to a tech support person).

On the plus side. It was worth the pain (though I kept v6 "just in case").

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Mark Allen wrote:
> I tried it "on the fly" today from the Installation Manager and it made it
> about 2/3 thru (judging from the progress bar) befroe crapping out trying to
> unzip something (? /samples was the final dir I think..) I'll have to read
> and try again tomorrow.
>
> On 10/17/07, Buck <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Blake Moorcroft wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone ever run into a problem when trying to retrieve the latest
>>> updates after loading V7.0?
>>>
>> This is a very common question. The answer is to use the IBM
>> Installation Manager.
>>
>> The longer answer is that there are two separate updaters. The one on
>> the workbench is the Eclipse Platform updater (Help->Software
>> updates->Find and install). IBM can't get rid of this because it's the
>> way we add plugins from third parties like Arcad, Quantum (sp?),
>> Subversion, etc.
>>
>> IBM built WDSC on top of Eclipse in a different way -- it's more than a
>> plug-in! In order to update the WDSC side of the house, you need to
>> fire up the IBM Installation Manager.
>>
>> I know it doesn't help much, and I probably sound like a jerk for saying
>> it, but it's explained in the README. It's a rare bit of software that
>> you can (dare I say it?) expect to install before digesting the README.
>>
>> The IBM web page is http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/wdt400/
>> Choose Product Support (right side) then WebSphere Development Studio
>> Client, Version 7.0.0.2 (left side) and finally the README link near the
>> top:
>>
>> http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/awdtools/wdsc/v7/7002/documents/readme/readme.html
>> or http://preview.tinyurl.com/37palf
>>
>> Section 2.2 describes how to update any previous Eclipse plugins up to
>> 3.2.2 Section 2.4 describes how to use Installation Manager to install
>> the update.
>>
>> I have a very serious question. Did you look at the Midrange FAQ or
>> Wiki before starting the update process?
>> --buck