Before you start the Launchpad, do the following:
- Check that your system meets the hardware requirements listed in the
section Checking hardware requirements.
- Create a user for WebSphere Business Integration Server Express or Express
Plus by following the instructions in Creating a user account.
- Check the following site for any available Fix Packs for your
product: http://www.ibm.com/software/integration/websphere/support/
- Ensure that you have root user privileges on the machine on which you will
install the product. If this requirement is not met, an error message
outlining the problem will appear and the Launchpad program will
terminate.
- The installation instructions throughout this document assume installation
from product CDs. If you are installing from ESDs obtained from
Passport Advantage, do the following:
- Refer to your Passport Advantage information for downloading
instructions.
- Extract all ESDs to the same directory on your file system and install
from machine to ensure proper installer function. Do not
create CDs based on the ESD images and attempt to install from them. If
you do, installation can fail since configuration utilities for some software
prerequisites might not be packaged with the ESDs containing the actual
prerequisite software.
- Ensure that the user who untars the files is the same user who will
install WebSphere Business Integration Server Express or Express Plus.
The product installer will not work properly if different users perform these
tasks.
To invoke the Launchpad, do the following:
- Insert the CD containing the Base Components of WebSphere Business
Integration Server Express or Express Plus into your computer.
- Mount the CD-ROM drive, as follows:
- Run the following command to start the
Launchpad:
The Launchpad Welcome screen appears.
- Important:
- From this point on, throughout this document, the term mount_point
will be used to represent the path /mnt/cdrom on a Red Hat Linux
system; /media/cdrom on a SuSE Linux system.
Buttons on the left side of the Welcome screen allow quick selection of
several tasks. The Launchpad Welcome screen for the WebSphere Business
Integration Server Express product differs slightly from that of the WebSphere
Business Integration Server Express Plus product. Here is the Launchpad
Welcome screen for the WebSphere Business Integration Server Express
product.
Figure 1. WebSphere Business Integration Server Express Launchpad Welcome screen

The buttons on this screen control the following tasks:
- Install Product
- Leads you to install the appropriate software prerequisites based on the
product components you intend to install and then installs the product
components as well.
- First Steps
- Launches the Quick Start Guide.
- Exit
- Stops the Launchpad.
Here is the Launchpad Welcome screen for the WebSphere Business Integration
Server Express Plus product. Note that the Express Plus version has an
extra button called Install Capacity Pack. This button lets
you launch the installers for the Adapter Capacity Pack and Collaboration
Capacity Pack. Installation procedures for the Adapter Capacity Pack
and Collaboration Capacity Pack are described in Installing the Adapter Capacity Pack for WebSphere Business Integration Server Express Plus and Installing the Collaboration Capacity Pack for WebSphere Business Integration Server Express Plus.
Figure 2. WebSphere Business Integration Server Express Plus Launchpad Welcome screen

