Re: Default directory

[Mike Hockings <hockings@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Just my CDN$0.02, not the opinion of my employer, etc., etc...

The default install works exactly as intended, the product and config is 
in the protected directories and needs an administrator to modify it  yet 
the product can be run by a user.

If you don't have admin authority then what you can do is to install in 
your user space.  With RDP 8.5 if you look in the install image you see a 
disk1 folder containing launchpad.exe,  This will run the normal install 
for all users.  However if you look into disk1/InstallerImage_win32 you 
will find a userinst.exe.  Running this should start a user-level install 
under your userid's home directory.  The main difference that you will see 
is that there will be a "My Installation Manager" entry in the Start menu. 
 I have not asked to see if this is a "supported" configuration or not 
though...

Mike


Mike Hockings, M.Eng., P.Eng.
IBM Rational Developer for System z and Power Systems Software Technical 
Support
IBM Canada Ltd. Laboratory 
hockings@xxxxxxxxxx 
voice 1-905-413-3199 T/L 313-3199  ITN 23133199




From:   David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:     Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client 
for     System i & iSeries <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, 
Date:   2012-09-10 11:43
Subject:        Re: [WDSCI-L] Default directory
Sent by:        wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx



On 9/10/2012 10:09 AM, Terry Hertel wrote:
> When I installed 8.0 I questioned Rational support about where to
> install it. They have instructed me to use the defaults. If the
> default directory doesn't work correctly, shouldn't IBM change the
> default?

Either that or modify the way it works so it doesn't need to write to the 
install location.

david