Running the stand-alone version of Packaging Utility

You can run Packaging Utility without installing Packaging Utility.

About this task

To run Packaging Utility without installing, you must 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.
Note:
  • Not all products are packaged with the Enterprise disk. Check your product installation kit to determine whether the Enterprise disk is included with your product.
  • A stand-alone version of Packaging Utility is not available for IBM® z/OS®.

You 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.

You cannot use Installation Manager to update the stand-alone version of Packaging Utility. When a later version of Packaging Utility is available, you must acquire and run that version of the stand-alone Packaging Utility. If you installed Packaging Utility, you can use Installation Manager to update Packaging Utility. See Installing 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 2003 and Windows XP Professional: C:\Documents and Settings\user\IBM\PackagingUtilityStandalone
  • Windows Vista, Windows 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 2012: C:\Users\user\IBM\PackagingUtilityStandalone
  • Linux and UNIX: /opt/IBM/PackagingUtilityStandalone
  • OS X operating system: /Applications/IBM/PackagingUtilityStandalone
Important: If you share an instance of Packaging Utility with other users, see Storing 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 the OS X operating system: ./IBMPU

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

    IBMPU.exe -data C:\PackagingUtility.

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