Buzz,
First off, I have the iSphere plug-in installed with both RDi 9.6.0 & RDi 9.7.0. And it works for me with no issues.
I am version: 3.1.3r, just so you know it can be done...
Using RDi 9.6/9.6.1 run as Administrator.
Uninstall:
1.) >Help>Install New Software...
2.) click on link "already installed?" in the lower right quadrant.
3.) Select your iSphere, probably multiple entries. And then click uninstall...
Install: (Web-Install)
1.) >Help>Eclipse Market Place...
2.) Find "iSphere"
3.) click the button: "Install"
This is of course assuming you have authority, and you do not have web-access blocked by your company administrator...
Just hope you might find this information useful.
You could also use this link:
http://isphere.sourceforge.net/eclipse/rdi8.0/
Which I assumed you already used...
Once in a while, it appears that the web-site and/or network traffic might be overloaded. So you might want to try during non-peak times, if you are trying the web-site.
I like the web-install better myself. I arrive at work before 7:00 AM, and it works like a charm for me. And I have also installed on my companies laptop "After-hours"...
Just my experience...
PS. From your errors below, it looks like it was an error on the zip file. Just to ask the stupid question, did you "Unzip" the file before trying to install that Manual way? Just had to ask, just in-case that was missed.
For me, I do not install the STRPREPRC option. The iSphere Plugin is a *MUST HAVE*! <Joy Joy>.
-Ken Killian-
-----Original Message-----
From: WDSCI-L [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Buzz Fenner
Sent: Friday, January 5, 2018 12:54 PM
To: wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [WDSCI-L] iSphere plugin fail w/RDi 9.6.0
After removing RDi 9.5 and installing RDi 9.6.0, installing the plugin fails. I tried using both the website and the zipfile (as a local repository). AV is disabled, RDi started in admin mode, even restarted it with -clean. Nothing seems to work. Last attempt got me this:
An error occurred while collecting items to be installed session context was:(profile=IBM Software Delivery Platform com.ibm.sdp.eclipse.ide, phase=org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.engine.phases.Collect, operand=, action=).
Error closing the output stream for osgi.bundle,biz.isphere.journalexplorer.help,3.1.3.r on repository file:/C:/Users/bfenner/.eclipse/org.eclipse.platform_4.6.3_1655873425_win32_win32_x86_64/.
Error unzipping C:\Users\bfenner\AppData\Local\Temp\biz.isphere.journalexplorer.help_3.1.3.r2803361629591654927.jar: Invalid zip file format Problems downloading artifact: org.eclipse.update.feature,biz.isphere.journalexplorer.rse,3.1.3.r.
Downloaded stream not a valid archive. Check the server.
Problems downloading artifact: org.eclipse.update.feature,biz.isphere.strpreprc,3.1.3.r.
Downloaded stream not a valid archive. Check the server.
I think a hint of what was to come was when I tried to un-install iSphere from RDi 9.5 before upgrading. That also failed so I figure the install was somehow corrupt.
Anyone have any guidance on how I might manually remove everything so I can start over? No joy while perusing WDSI-L archives.
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Buzz Fenner, Analyst/Systems Administrator
+1 (870) 930.3374
midrange.com
