Install application clients

 

Application clients do not require the WebSphere Application Server base. They are supported at the level of the operating system. If you want to run the Samples gallery, however, provide the host name of the server.

Before you install the pluggable application client, have one of the Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) on your system. Similar Sun Java Development Kit levels are required to install the pluggable application client Samples. Although you can install the WebSphere Application Server on an HP_UX system, the WebSphere application client is not supported on HP-UX systems. See the Supported Prerequisites page in the IBM external Web site for more information on supported product platforms.

Note: The installation panel displays that the amount of storage needed to install the J2EE/Thin application client is 40.4 megabytes. The actual amount of storage needed is 75 megabytes.

 

  1. Insert the WebSphere Application Server Client CD, according to platform.

  2. Change to the following directory, according to platform: aix for AIX platform sun for Solaris Operating Environment linuxi386 for Linux platform nt for Windows platform

  3. Issue the following command, according to platform, at a command line: ./install for AIX platform ./install for Solaris platform ./install for Linux platform install.exe for Windows platform The WebSphere Application Server client installation wizard appears.

  4. If the default language is not correct, select a language from the drop-down menu and click OK. If you have an earlier version of the WebSphere Application Server client installed on your machine, an information window appears.

  5. Click Yes to all to overwrite this older version. A Welcome panel displays.

  6. Click Next.

  7. Read the license agreement, and select the radio button next to I accept the terms in the license agreement. Click Next.

  8. Choose a setup type and click Next.

  9. If you choose the Custom setup type, select the features you want to install and click Next. If you choose the Applet client (Windows systems only) and you have an existing development kit or runtime environment installed, click Yes to overwrite the existing development kit or runtime environment registry entries. If you click No, you return to the Custom Features panel, where you can clear Applet client. You must use the Applet client with the runtime environment provided by WebSphere Application Server.

  10. If you choose to install the Samples, click Yes, to install the Samples development environment.

  11. Click Next, to install the WebSphere Application Server client to the default directory. Click Browse..., to install the WebSphere Application Server client to a different directory.

  12. Click Next.

  13. Enter the host name of the WebSphere Application Server machine. Specify a port number if you are not using the default port. Click Next. A verification panel displays.

  14. Click Next, to install. A progress window appears.

  15. Click Finish to exit the wizard, after the WebSphere Application Server client installs.

 

Results

Application clients are installed on your machine.


 

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