Run the stand-alone version of Packaging Utility

We can run Packaging Utility without installing Packaging Utility.

To run Packaging Utility without installing, use the stand-alone version of Packaging Utility. The stand-alone version of Packaging Utility is included on the Enterprise disk with Installation Manager and Packaging Utility.

• Not all products are packaged with the Enterprise disk. Check our product installation kit to determine whether the Enterprise disk is included with our product.

• A stand-alone version of Packaging Utility is not available for IBM z/OS .

We cannot use the Packaging Utility to install Installation Manager. You must have Installation Manager installed on the local computer to use a repository created by Packaging Utility.

We cannot use Installation Manager to update the stand-alone version of Packaging Utility. When a later version of Packaging Utility is available, we must acquire and run that version of the stand-alone Packaging Utility.

If we installed Packaging Utility, we can use Installation Manager to update Packaging Utility. See Install Packaging Utility in wizard mode for information about installing Packaging Utility.

Log files for the stand-alone version of Packaging Utility are in the home directory for the user:

• Windows: C:\Users\user\IBM\PackagingUtilityStandalone
• UNIX: /opt/IBM/PackagingUtilityStandalone
• OS X: /Applications/IBM/PackagingUtilityStandalone

If we share an instance of Packaging Utility with other users, see Store credentials.

Procedure

To run the stand-alone version of Packaging Utility:

1. Open a command line.

2. Go to the Packaging Utility directory in the product installation kit.

3. Run the command to start Packaging Utility
   • Windows: IBMPU.exe
   • Linux, UNIX, z/OS, and OS X: ./IBMPU

   To change the location of the log files and plug-in data, use the -data directory option:

   IBMPU.exe -data C:\PackagingUtility.

Related tasks:

Start Packaging Utility as a non-root user

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