Upgrading MobileFirst Studio in the Consumer or Enterprise Editions to MobileFirst Studio v6.3.0

How to upgrade MobileFirst Studio in IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation Consumer Edition or MobileFirst Enterprise Edition v6.2.x, or earlier, to MobileFirst Studio v6.3.0.

The upgrade to MobileFirst Studio v6.3.0 is performed as an Eclipse P2 update operation. After MobileFirst Studio v6.3.0 is installed, we can then point to the earlier workspace and work with your existing projects.

1. Start the Eclipse IDE workbench and verify the version of Eclipse

   • MobileFirst Studio v6.3.0 cannot be installed in versions of Eclipse that are older than Juno or V4.2.2.

   • If we have an older version of Eclipse, update it to Juno or Kepler before continuing this procedure.

2. Click Help > Install new software.

3. In the Add Repository window, click Archive.

4. Browse to the update site directory on the installation disk or to the downloaded installation files.

5. Select the update site .zip file and then click OK.

6. On the Available Software page, select IBM MobileFirst Platform Studio Development Tools, and click Next. To see the components to be installed, expand IBM MobileFirst Platform Studio Development Tools, and select the components you want:

   • Always select IBM MobileFirst Platform Studio.

   • Select IBM Dojo Mobile Tools if you anticipate using that JavaScript library.

   • Select IBM jQuery Mobile Tools if you anticipate using that JavaScript library.

7. On the Install Details page, review the features of MobileFirst Studio to be installed.

   You may see one or more messages in the lower part of the page similar to Your original request has been modified. "IBM Dojo Mobile Tools" is already installed, so an update will be performed instead. This is expected, and indicates that an update is being performed.

8. Click Next.

9. On the Review Licenses page, review the license text. If we agree to the terms, select I accept the terms of the license agreement and then click Finish.

10. The installation process starts. Follow the prompts (during which we may be asked to restart Eclipse) to complete the installation.

Results

MobileFirst Studio is now updated.

If the update appears to hang, it might be because you are using a bad mirror site. Add this line to the eclipse.ini file to solve the problem:

-Declipse.p2.mirrors=false

What to do next

The topic Migrate projects to MobileFirst Studio v6.3.0 contains information about how to migrate and work with the existing projects.

Parent topic: Upgrading to MobileFirst Studio v6.3.0