Re: Installing RDi on Mac OS X 11.5 Big Sur

Download the latest version of IM as the IM team keeps adding more updates
to help things work better in the newer macOS.

As far as I know IM is still not signed so you need to run xattr -c against
it before unzipping - that could depend on your machine settings though I
expect.

Do the user install of IM then install RDI in your user directory and it
should work find on Catalina and later. If you do a default admin install
then it is unlikely that RDI (built for Sierra IIRC) will run on Catalina
or later.

If you have an install of RDI done prior to Catalina and you updated to
Catalina or Big Sur it is unlikely that you can change the RDI config. The
best plan then would be to uninstall RDI, uninstall IM, get the latest IM
and re-install IM then RDI.

So far this has worked to install RDI on Big Sur on even the new Macs with
the M1. Ya, that surprised me too ;)

Mike

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From: "Jon Paris" <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Rational Developer for IBM i" <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2021/07/26 11:24 AM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [WDSCI-L] Installing RDi on Mac OS X 11.5 Big
Sur
Sent by: "WDSCI-L" <wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

From this is appears that you no longer need to "fix" the zip file before

unzipping it Jack - is that the case?


Jon Paris

On Jul 25, 2021, at 8:53 PM, Jack Woehr via WDSCI-L

<wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

*(posted this to the RPG list but it belongs here instead)*

Installing RDi on the Mac is practically witchcraft at the present time.
I finally succeeded with the help of Eric Simpson of IBM in a topic on

IBM

Community.
All the RDi webbage steers the user wrong on one or another point.

1. Download Installation Manager from here
<

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=ibm%7ERational&product=ibm/Rational/IBM
+Installation+Manager&release=All&platform=All&function=all&source=fc

2. Unzip it and execute the userinst file
3. Open your home directory in Mac Finder and navigate to
IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse and doubleclick the IBMIM.app
4. Click Install
5. Navigate through a certain amount of BS such as logging in with your

IBM

id
6. Add a repository
*

https://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/com.ibm.rational.developer.ibmi.v96

<

https://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/com.ibm.rational.developer.ibmi.v96

*
7. Install RDi from that repo (lots of "agree to license" etc.) and

ignore

one or two weird error messages.
8. In Mac Finder, in your home directory, navigate to
IBM/SoftwareDeliveryPlatform
9. Doubleclick *Developer for i.app*

Phew!

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