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I installed RAD 7.5 and found out that IBM is not as good as I thought of it. RAD thing has it's own "install manager" which doesn't seem to resolve any dependencies. Does anyone know how to enable standart eclipse's software installer and/or Eclipse Marketplace?

pnuts
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Aleksandr Kravets
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  • I checked eclipse 3.4 and figured out that was misled by installer's looks. ChrisGerken was right, it was native installer. I haven't found acceptable solution. But that's another question's topic. – Aleksandr Kravets Aug 31 '12 at 09:57

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This is how you add Marketplace client plugin to RAD 7.x/8.x:

  1. Help / Install New Software
  2. Point to Eclipse Helios Site http://download.eclipse.org/releases/helios in "Available Software Sites"
  3. Select the correct release (for RAD 8.0 is Helios)
  4. Type "Marketplace" in filter text control
  5. Check "General Purpose Tools / Marketplace Client"
  6. After install restart RAD

You now should see Eclipse Marketplace in Help menu.

Hint: this is the same procedure as in Eclipse Classic.

Marco Caramma
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  • Thank you for your response. Unfortunately I don't work with RAD anymore, so I can't check your answer. Maybe someone else will find your answer useful. Best regards! – Aleksandr Kravets Aug 28 '13 at 08:20
  • @AleksandrKravets I work with RAD, and have been searching everywhere for a solution. I can confirm that this works 100%, and is exactly what I've been looking for. – Mark Buffalo Dec 21 '15 at 16:26
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You should be able to enable "classic install" in the preferences and then use the traditional installer to bring in 3rd party features. Even so, you'll still need to use IBM's installation manager to apply fixes, upgrades and new components from IBM/Rational.

Chris Gerken
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  • Well, if you know exactly how to do it, describe please. – Aleksandr Kravets Aug 27 '12 at 19:29
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    Sorry, from your wording I thought you were more familiar with Eclipse. For RSA 7.5, go to the preferences page and expand General --> Capabilities. In the list of capabilities, look for "Classic Update" and enable it by clicking on the checkbox. Click on OK to close the preferences dialog. From then on, you can go to Help --> Software Updates to install from traditional update sites. You just add the site to the list by clicking "Add Site..." and then "Install..." once you've chosen the features you want. – Chris Gerken Aug 27 '12 at 19:52
  • First: i'm familliar with eclipse quite well, but not with RAD. In this particular matter they are different. Second: you wrote how to turn on "IBM's classic installer", which was in RAD 7.0 and then was replaced by new one in 7.5. I thought i've clearly specified that i'm intrested in native Eclipse's install manager and Marketplace. – Aleksandr Kravets Aug 28 '12 at 06:51
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For RAD,Version 9.0.0:

Try to install using the

http://download.eclipse.org/releases/kepler/

Select "General Purpose Tools / Marketplace Client"

Then "Next - Finish"

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I use IBM's Rational Developer for Power Systems (which shares parentage with RAD, I think) and all the normal Eclipse plug-in & feature install options, as well as the Marketplace, are available.

You might have a corrupt install.

Might also be worth a call to IBM to see if they help identify why the options aren't available for you.

David G
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  • If you are talking about version 7.5, then could you share a screenshot of help menu? My install is not corrupt. It's just fact that RAD 7.5 is based on Eclipse 3.4 and most of plugins i need require 3.6 or later. – Aleksandr Kravets Aug 29 '12 at 21:22
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    Well that's your problem, then. Move to RAD 8. – Chris Gerken Aug 29 '12 at 21:45
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    Well, since plug-in's are often tied very tightly to the version of Eclipse they are based on, I don't think you're going to be able to upgrade the Eclipse version from 3.4 to 3.6. I just checked my RDP 7.5 help menu and it does have "Software Updates" on it ... launch that menu option and the 2nd tab, Available Software, on that software updates and add-ons dialog gives you the ability to install plug-in's. If you need Eclipse 3.6 plug-in's, I concur with @chris-gerken, upgrade to RAD 8.0 (RDp 8.0 is also based on Eclipse 3.6). – David G Aug 30 '12 at 13:25
  • FWIW: A screen shot of the RDp 7.5 help menu can be found here: http://urlq.us/5-, and the software update dialog can be found here: http://urlq.us/60 – David G Aug 30 '12 at 14:14
  • @ChrisGerken: you are not constructive. I use tools bought by company. Are you suggesting me to waste my own money to buy RAD 8? – Aleksandr Kravets Aug 31 '12 at 09:26