Using the Launchpad to start the installation

Why and when to perform this task

Use the Launchpad to access a product overview, to access the readme file, to access the installation guide, and to install the product.

Steps for this task

  1. Start the Launchpad.

    The Launchpad program is in the operating_system_platform directory on the product CD.

    You can start the Launchpad manually using a fully qualified command instead of changing directories to the CD-ROM and running the command locally from the platform directory:

    • Mount the CD-ROM drive on Linux or UNIX-based platforms, if necessary. This procedure varies per platform. Consult the installation procedure for your platform for instructions on mounting CD-ROM drives. Open a shell window and issue a fully qualified launchpad.sh command to start the Launchpad. On Windows platforms, issue a fully qualified launchpad.bat command to start the Launchpad. Issue a fully qualified LaunchPad.sh command to start the Launchpad for the Application Clients CD-ROM.

    The Launchpad opens in the language of the machine locale setting. The appearance of the Launchpad is the same for the base product and the Network Deployment product. You can access the Installation Guide to see which product it describes installing if you lose track of the product to which the panel applies.

  2. Use the Launchpad to access the product overview, the readme file, and installation guides.
  3. Click Install the product to launch the installation wizard.

Results

You can use the Launchpad to start the installation and to access information through a browser.

If you use the Mozilla browser on a Linux or UNIX system and you do not have the Netscape browser, some links might not work because the Launchpad attempts to call the Netscape browser in the /usr/bin/netscape directory. Try a symbolic link to the Mozilla browser to fix the problem as shown in the following example:

ln -sf /usr/bin/mozilla /usr/bin/netscape

If you still cannot use the Launchpad panel, you can launch the following links directly from your browser:

Product Overview
http://www.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/

It is possible that your security options might prevent redirection, such as to the http://www-306.ibm.com/software/info1/websphere/index.jsp?tab=products/appserv Web site. If so, you can identify the IBM Web site as a trusted site to allow the redirection. For example, on Internet Explorer, add http://www-306.ibm.com to the list of Trusted Sites by selecting Tools > Internet Options > Security (tab) > Trusted Sites.

Readme File
CD-ROM mount point/readme/readme_en.html
Installation Guide
CD-ROM_mount_point/docs/InstallGuide_en.PDF

The Installation Guide is in Adobe PDF format. Viewing this document requires you to have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is a free download from the Adobe Acrobat Web site .

[5.0 only][Version 5.0.2]Download a new installation guide at ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/webserver/appserv/library/wasv502base_gs.pdf .

Install the product
CDROM_mount_point/platform_directory/install on Linux and UNIX-based platforms.

CDROM_drive:\platform_directory\Install.exe on Windows platforms.

What to do next

Return to Installing the product to continue.


Related reference
firststeps command



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Last updated: Jun 21, 2007 4:55:42 PM CDT    WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, Version 5.0.2
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