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Installing
Installation introduction
This section contains the instructions to install, update, and uninstall your product.
Installation terminology
Understanding these terms and conventions can help you take full advantage of the installation information and your product.

Overview
Getting started
Installing
- Installation introduction
  This section contains the instructions to install, update, and uninstall your product.
  - What's new for installing Rational Business Developer
    The installation process for IBM® Rational® Business Developer is largely unchanged from previous versions.
  - Installation terminology
    Understanding these terms and conventions can help you take full advantage of the installation information and your product.
  - Installation default values and conventions
    The installation documentation uses conventions that imply specific directory locations, such as Shared resources directory.
- Planning the installation
  Before you install or update the product, plan the installation. When you effectively plan and understand the key aspects of the installation process, you can ensure a successful installation.
- Preinstallation tasks
  To prepare for and simplify the installation process, back up files, prepare databases and servers where required, and configure workstations.
- Installing Rational® Business Developer
  To install IBM Rational Business Developer, follow the procedures in this section.
- Installing WebSphere® Application Server
  You can install WebSphere® Application Server.
- Post-installation tasks
  After you install your product, complete post-installation tasks, configure your product, and then start the product.
- Modifying software
  With the Modify Packages wizard in IBM® Installation Manager, you can change the language and feature selections of an installed product package. You can also use the Modify Packages wizard to install new features that might be included in a package update, such as a refresh pack.
- Updating software
  You can search for product updates and install the updates for your IBM® product.
- Reverting updates to previous versions
  You can remove an update to a package in order to revert to a previous version by using the Roll Back wizard of IBM® Installation Manager.
- Uninstalling software
  Use the IBM® Installation Manager to uninstall your product. If no other products are installed, you can uninstall Installation Manager also.
- Installing silently
  You can install a product package silently by using either Installation Manager in silent installation mode or by using IBM® Installation Manager installer. When you run Installation Manager in silent mode, the user interface is not available; instead, a response file inputs the commands that are required to install the product package.
Upgrading and migrating
Developing
Samples
Troubleshooting and support
EGL runtime error messages
Reference
Glossary
Using the help
Notices for IBM Rational Business Developer documentation

Installation terminology

Understanding these terms and conventions can help you take full advantage of the installation information and your product.

The following conventions are used in this installation information:

The default installation directory is C:\installation_directory\product\inst.file.
The default log location for installation information is C:\log_file_dir\log.txt.

These terms are used in the installation topics.

Installation directory: The location of product artifacts after the package is installed

Package: An installable unit of a software product. Software product packages are separately installable units that can operate independently from other packages of that software product.

Package group: A package group is a directory in which different product packages share resources with other packages in the same group. When you install a package by using IBM® Installation Manager, you can create a package group or install the packages into an existing package group. For packages that cannot share a package group, the option to use an existing package group is unavailable.

Repository: A storage area where packages are available for download. A repository can be disc media, a folder on a local hard disk, or a server or web location.

Shared directory: In some instances, product packages can share resources. These resources are in a directory that the packages share.