View available packages

You can view a list of the offerings, updates, and features in a source repository that are available to install.

Procedure

1. Open a command-line utility.

2. Open the tools directory. See Locating the tools directory for more information about the tools directory.

3. Run the command to list available packages:

   imcl listAvailablePackages -repositories source_repository1,source_repository2

   Include quotation marks around filepaths that have spaces. Examples using the -features and -long options:

   • Windows:
     imcl.exe listAvailablePackages -repositories http://server/repository,"C:\Installation Files\IBM" -features -long

   • Linux, UNIX , IBM i and z/OS:
     ./imcl listAvailablePackages -repositories http://server/repository -features -long

Results

When you run the listAvailablePackages command with the -repositories option, the returned information is a list of packages in the following format:

packageID_version_1
packageID_version_2

When you run the listAvailablePackages command with the -repositories, -features and -long options, the returned information includes a longer description of the packages and also the features that are included in the repository. The returned information is in the following format:

repository_path_1 : packageID_version_1 : display_name_1 : display_version_1 : featureId_a,featureId_b,featureId_c
repository_path_2 : packageID_version_2 : display_name_2 : display_version_2 : featureId_a,featureId_b,featureId_c

What to do next

After viewing the list of available packages, use imcl commands to install the offerings, updates, and features.

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