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Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

  • 1.  Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 06/15/21 09:22 AM
    Hi.

    Anyone managed to install RDI on macOS Big Sur? Tried both by doing it through the installation manager and with the product image itself. Had no issues installing ACS or ordinary eclipse, but I can see that the installation manager for mac is from 2019. Get this exception when trying to execute install.app

     

    "org.eclipse.ui.workbench".

    java.lang.NullPointerException

    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.internal_new_GC(Control.java:2115)

    at org.eclipse.swt.graphics.GC.<init>(GC.java:171)

    at org.eclipse.swt.graphics.GC.<init>(GC.java:134)

    at org.eclipse.jface.wizard.ProgressMonitorPart.initialize(ProgressMonitorPart.java:242)

    ...

    00:01.02 ERROR [main] org.eclipse.equinox.log.internal.ExtendedLogReaderServiceFactory safeLogged

    Could not instantiate splash

    java.lang.NullPointerException

    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.internal_new_GC(Control.java:2115)

    at org.eclipse.swt.graphics.GC.<init>(GC.java:171)

    at org.eclipse.swt.graphics.GC.<init>(GC.java:134)

    at org.eclipse.jface.wizard.ProgressMonitorPart.initialize(ProgressMonitorPart.java:242)

    ...

    00:01.02 ERROR [main] org.eclipse.equinox.log.internal.ExtendedLogReaderServiceFactory safeLogged

    Error occurred during status handling

    java.lang.NullPointerException

    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.statushandlers.StatusHandlerRegistry.<init>(StatusHandlerRegistry.java:72)

    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.statushandlers.StatusHandlerRegistry.getDefault(StatusHandlerRegistry.java:91)

    at org.eclipse.ui.statushandlers.StatusManager.getStatusHandler(StatusManager.java:135)

    at org.eclipse.ui.statushandlers.StatusManager.handle(StatusManager.java:189)

    ...

    00:01.70 ERROR [main] org.eclipse.equinox.log.internal.ExtendedLogReaderServiceFactory safeLogged

    Unhandled event loop exception

    java.lang.NullPointerException

    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.internal_new_GC(Control.java:2115)

    at org.eclipse.swt.graphics.GC.<init>(GC.java:171)

    at org.eclipse.swt.graphics.GC.<init>(GC.java:134)

    at org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.Dialog.initializeDialogUnits(Dialog.java:924)

    ...

    00:01.84 ERROR [main] org.eclipse.equinox.log.internal.ExtendedLogReaderServiceFactory safeLogged

    Applikasjonsfeil

    java.lang.IllegalStateException

    at com.ibm.cic.agent.internal.ui.AgentUIApplication.launch(AgentUIApplication.java:395)

    at com.ibm.cic.agent.internal.ui.AgentUIApplication.start(AgentUIApplication.java:87)

    at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196)

    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110)

    ...

    2021-06-14 23:42:25.517 install[2133:31252] Warning: Expected min height of view: (<NSButton: 0x12b842c60>) to be less than or equal to 30 but got a height of 32.000000. This error will be 

     

     

    /Petter




  • 2.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 06/15/21 06:40 PM
    Edited by Jack Woehr 06/15/21 06:40 PM
    Petter, we're discussing your issue on the Ryver IBM i Open Source Forum.
    The self-enroll link for IBMiOSS is here:  http://ibm.biz/ibmioss-chat-join
    I tried to install RDi and got nonsense about the image being damaged.
    I did not investigate very deeply.

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    Jack Woehr
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  • 3.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 06/16/21 02:47 AM

    Hello Peter, based on this link https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6373030 I think it is fair to say that both Installation Manager and RDi or not yet ready for Big Sur yet. When they will be is hard to tell, because that is not mentioned in the document.

    What I heard from others is that is better not to try to install it on Big Sur at all. Just what or do what is suggested in the document.

    I am afraid this is not the answer you were waiting for, but now at least you know where you stand.

    Greetings Rudi



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    Rudi Van Helvoirt
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  • 4.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 06/16/21 03:03 AM

    based on this link https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6373030 I think it is fair to say that both Installation Manager and RDi or not yet ready for Big Sur yet.
    Rudi Van Helvoirt,  Wed June 16, 2021 02:46 AM

    Hmm, that document was posted January 25, 2021. Six months!

    Brew and MacPorts have each fixed all their BigSur issues on a thousand or so open source packages in that time interval.

    Obviously it's time to open source RDi.



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    Jack Woehr
    IBM Champion 2021
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  • 5.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 06/16/21 12:46 PM
    Hi,

    this is the main reason why I created this RFE:

    http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=148159

    I think than visual studio code can be a solution.

    Bye

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    Paolo Salvatore
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  • 6.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 06/16/21 12:46 PM

    HI, 

    this is the main reason why I created this RFE:

    http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=148159

    I think it was incredible then IBM does not update RDI for the latest release of MAC OSX. 

    For this reason I think then Visual studio code is the best solutions.

    Bye



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    Paolo Salvatore
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  • 7.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 06/17/21 12:14 PM
    Hi Petter,

    There are known issues but if you are going to give it a try please use IBM Installation Manager 1.9.1.5.  It was released in March 2021.  Please give this a try.

    Download for your platform:
    http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=ibm%7ERational&product=ibm/Rational/IBM+Installation+Manager&release=All&platform=All&function=all&source=fc

    Thanks,
    Eric Simpson

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    Eric Simpson
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  • 8.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 06/17/21 12:47 PM
    Eric,

    We have been _explicily_ told not to use updated versions of IM and _only_ to use the version shipped with the package.

    Are you telling me this has changed and we've not been notified?


    Jon Paris


    Original Message


  • 9.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 06/17/21 02:54 PM
    Hi Jon,

    There are people using RDi 96 on Big Sur today.  Actually, I installed it myself today on Big Sur.

    I downloaded IM 1.9.1.5 zip. 
    Ran 'xattr -c <Path to the IM/PU zip file>' from Terminal. 
    Unzipped IM. 
    Ran 'Userinst.app' to do a User mode install of IM. 
    Restarted IM, specified the RDi web repository (see https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/how-install-ibm-rational-developer-i-web) and installed RDi 9.6.0.10.

    This is not officially supported and there are still other issues when running RDi 96 on Big Sur.  If you are on Big Sur, you can try it if you like.  My main point from my earlier post is that one of the Big Sur issues in IM is now fixed.

    Thanks,
    Eric



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    Eric Simpson
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  • 10.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 06/17/21 03:23 PM
    Well it would have been nice to have been told that.  Thanks for the info Eric - but can you clarify what you mean by "there are still other issues when running RDi 96 on Big Sur".  Issues like plug-ins won't run? (A problem we've had with Catalina) or ... 

    I really need to upgrade to Big Sur and this is the only thing stopping me right now. In fact recently I've been forced to increasingly use competitive products because at least they work properly.


    Jon 



    Original Message


  • 11.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 06/17/21 06:40 PM
    Edited by Petter A. Johansson 06/17/21 06:41 PM
    Good feedback on this topic. :) 
    I first of all need to explain how I ended up with the installation manager from 2019. If you google Rational Developer for I, the first hit you get is the IBM product page for RDI. Clicking on Download the trial buttons sends you to a download documentation which links to "Web install using IBM Installation manager (Mac, Linux). A new page opens linking to the IBM installation manager for Mac OS x. This one takes you to the 1.8.9.4 version of Ibm Installation Manager.

    Feedback on using the latest installation manager version: This one will actually install RDI, but it installs it with an error code - not sure if it would help to share any logs as Jon mentioned the problem is more with the underlying version of eclipse that RDI uses. Continuing to start RDI after installation it would first prompt me with an error stating that the installation directory is not in a writable location. This is solved by using either CHMOD or CHOWN on directories. After this RDI actually starts, but as we are using a vendor which requires us to install RDI plugins and plugins fails to install so its still unusable for me. I wish the RDI functionality was just plugins to eclipse itself, this way we could always be up to date on the eclipse platform. 

    I will just have to live with a remote desktop to a windows machine for my RDI needs for now. 

    /Petter




  • 12.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 06/21/21 01:04 PM
    Hi Petter,

    Just to check, was that an Admin install or User install (Userinst.app)?  What chmod/chown commands did you run?

    Thanks,
    Eric

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    Eric Simpson
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  • 13.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 06/22/21 06:35 AM
    Edited by Petter A. Johansson 06/22/21 06:37 AM
    That was a admin install. As Brian wrote, It's not possible to execute Userinst. "The Userinst executable launcher was unable to locate its companion shared library"
    As for the CHMOD i did a chmod 777 on the install directories the first time as the directories had root as owner, but it also worked to use "chown -R username folder "to change ownership to my private profile.  


  • 14.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 06/23/21 04:39 PM
    Hi Petter,

    The "executable launcher was unable to locate its companion shared library" issue is not specific to Big Sur (or RDi and IM) but more common.

    I did not encounter the issue following the steps I described.  Was xattr -c run on the IM zip file before it was extracted?  Or run xattr -cr on the unzipped folder?

    Thanks,
    Eric

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    Eric Simpson
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    Original Message


  • 15.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 09/21/21 09:42 AM
    Hi Petter,

    I was experiencing the same problems with installing plugins to RDi. Did you make any further attempts?

    Oliver

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    Oliver Thomsen
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    Original Message


  • 16.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 06/21/21 02:05 PM
    Eric, I followed your steps above and stopped at Userinst.app with the alert "The Userinst executable launcher was unable to locate its companion shared library".

    Running Big Sur on a Macbook Air M1 that I've had for 7 months now with no RDi...

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    Brian Randle
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  • 17.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 06/24/21 10:32 AM
    Thanks Eric,
    Tried again and I was able to install the Installation Manager by running 'userinst' and not 'userinst.app'.   The installation didn't create an 'App' in my Applications folder.  I was then able to install RDi (also did not create an app in Applications).

    So a clean install of Installation Manager and RDi on a M1 macbook on Big Sur. 


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    Brian Randle
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    Original Message


  • 18.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 06/25/21 12:16 PM
    Please let his know if you are able to install plug-ins such as iSphere.

    I did get RDi installed on catalina after a lot of work but it took a reinstall to get plugins running and some still don't work fully.


    Jon Paris


    Original Message


  • 19.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 06/23/21 07:49 AM
    I can attest that Eric's 5-step workaround to install 96.10 does seem to work on bigSur, although I managed to get 9.6 installed a long time ago on BigSur, these steps are the first to get 96.10 installed and IM to run on bigSur properly.

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    Robert Cozzi
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  • 20.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 06/17/21 12:35 PM

    The problem is basically that the underlying Eclipse version used by RDi is about 10 releases behind!

    While IBM are certainly to blame for this the RDi team have been fighting to change this for a while - sadly without impact to date. 

    As a result RDi will _not_ install on Big Sur and has problems even on Catalina.

    Things are due to improve in the future - but sadly we are unlikely to see a complete answer until the folks who own the problem components get off their collective backsides and do something.  I feel really sorry for the RDi team as they are one of the most customer centered groups I know and really want to change this - sadly it is out of their hands.



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    Jon Paris
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  • 21.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 06/22/21 07:52 AM

    Hi, 

    Well I made the error not thinking of RDi when upgrading to Big Sur. Now I have an IM and RDi installation on my Mac, with some challenges I guess. Normally IM is used to upgrade IM itself. IM does not start. RDi does start and seems to work fine, but can not be upgraded due to a not working IM. 

    So the question is how to fix IM in this situation. if possible.

    Or is the best advice to wait for RDi support for Big Sur?



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    Rudi Van Helvoirt
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  • 22.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 06/23/21 01:43 PM
    Hi Rudi,

    If you download the latest IBM Installation Manager 1.9.1.5 for mac (http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~Rational&product=ibm/Rational/IBM+Installation+Manager&function=all) and run it (Install.app/Userinst.app), it should upgrade your existing installation.

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    Eric Simpson
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    Original Message


  • 23.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 06/24/21 08:59 AM

    Hello Eric,

    Many thanks, after doing the installation from the command line, I now have a working IM and was able to update my RDi with IM. 

    All what is left now , is wait for the official support of RDi for Big Sur. 



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    Rudi Van Helvoirt
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    Original Message


  • 24.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 07/25/21 12:08 AM
    I'm not able to install RDi at all on Mac OS Big Sur 11.5 using any of the instructions I have found.

    I've tried using userinstand after about 12 retries each time having to assure Security that I want to open this or that dynlib all I get out of it is a Java null pointer exception.
    ​

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    Jack Woehr
    IBM Champion 2021
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  • 25.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 07/25/21 03:36 PM
    Hi Jack,

    Can you tell me which version of Installation Manager you are using?  Version 1.9.1.5 would be the minimum needed.

    Can you give some screen shots of the Security messages about dynlib plus also the Java null pointer exception?

    Thanks,
    Eric

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    Eric Simpson
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    Original Message


  • 26.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 07/25/21 05:06 PM
    Edited by Jack Woehr 07/25/21 05:06 PM

    @eric simpson
    Installation manager won't install either. That's almost half the time I spent on it, trying to install Installation Manager.
    ​​
    Let's start with installation manager.

    Download.

    xattr -c the zip file

    Unzip

    Install

    Crashes.
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    Jack Woehr
    IBM Champion 2021
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  • 27.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 07/25/21 05:28 PM

    AND ... Now when I try to start again and download Installation Manager and try the instructions you posted above some days ago, I get ...




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    Jack Woehr
    IBM Champion 2021
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  • 28.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 07/25/21 05:31 PM
    Of course these days it's apparently impossible to "contact support".

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    Jack Woehr
    IBM Champion 2021
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  • 29.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 07/25/21 05:39 PM

    And the installation manager link on the "Download RDi Trial" page takes me to ... a backlevel version of Installation Manager.
    Searches are fruitless.
    Fix Central can't find it.
    Google can't find it.



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    Jack Woehr
    IBM Champion 2021
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  • 30.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 07/25/21 05:42 PM
    Okay, finally found it from the link you posted above. Now to try for the umpteenth time to install.

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    Jack Woehr
    IBM Champion 2021
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  • 31.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 07/25/21 05:50 PM
    Progress at last ... installing


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    Jack Woehr
    IBM Champion 2021
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  • 32.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 07/25/21 05:53 PM


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    Jack Woehr
    IBM Champion 2021
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  • 33.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 07/25/21 06:02 PM
    OMG ... so the trick is,
    1. Go to IBM Community
    2. find a topic about RDi
    3. find a link posted by Eric Simpson (because no search on IBM webbage will find this link)
    4. download Installation Manager from the link
    5. Install Installation Manger
    6. Find Installation manager hidden in your home directory in a subdir
    7. go back to the RDi installation page
    8. Find the repository link for loading RDi via Installation Manger
    9. Load RDi and ignore the error messages
    10. Find RDi hidden in your home directory in a subdir
    11. Launch the app.

    Simple enough ... :) Thanks, Eric



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    Jack Woehr
    IBM Champion 2021
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  • 34.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 07/25/21 06:19 PM
    Yep, that old "follow these 27 simple steps to use this one ease-of-use feature, and the 16 steps to get all the pre-req stuff before you can actually use it" logic.
    I think that's what makes Open Source so popular with all the kids these days.

    -Bob


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  • 35.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 07/25/21 06:50 PM
    Yes, @Robert Cozzi ... open source automatically loads its pre-reqs these days ... yum .. apt .. rpm .. dpkg ... macports ... brew...

    I have posted to the Midrange RPG mailing list concise instructions that should work for any Mac OS X 11.5 user to install RDi.

    Thanks again to @Eric Simpson
    ​​​

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    Jack Woehr
    IBM Champion 2021
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  • 36.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 07/27/21 10:20 AM
    Hi,

    I was able to install RDi on macOS Big Sur and it's kind of working: I haven't manage to install further plug-ins to RDi, the installation always fails, example RSE Extensions from Softlanding (link to RSE Extensions):
    So although the installation succeeds (but with an error/warning ass seen in post 31), it's not working correctly.

    Any suggestions?

    Regards, Oliver

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    Oliver Thomsen
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  • 37.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 07/27/21 12:56 PM
    What typer of install did you do ? And did you follow the instructions that Jack posted?

    Until I did a user install I had the same problem with Catalina and adding plugins.


    Jon Paris


    Original Message


  • 38.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 07/28/21 03:21 AM
    Hi,

    yes I did.

    Everything (InstallationManager, RDI) is installed under $HOME/IBM/. Tried installing from the IBM site and from locally unpacked zip files... no difference. Installation always ends with warning.

    In fact, as far as I can remember on Catalina I had the same effect, when not using the "recommended" version (1.8.4) of InstallationManager... maybe there is still something wrong with IM?

    Has someone been able to install other plugins to RDi on Big Sur?

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    Oliver Thomsen
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  • 39.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

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  • 40.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 01/18/22 02:45 PM

    Hi there,

    the last comment was from August 2021. Now we 2022... Any news about installing Plug Ins on Mac?

    I did manage to install 9.6.0.11 on my MacBook Pro with M1 Max and Monterey but still can't install any Pug In like iSphere or iRPGUnit.

    I am an IBM i Partner for 24 years now and work with this unique and fantastic Server sind 1991 but one of the worst things IBM ever did was and is RDi and the way they handle it now. We need to get new and younger people to the platform but with this RDi it is really hard. Developers who are used to work with Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code or even actual Eclipse Versions (4.22 is actual and RDi is still using 4.6!!!!) think twice (or more) if they really want to do this while there are 1000 other Jobs where they can use actual tools and Frameworks on actual Operating Systems and Hardware.

    I thought it would be a good idea to install a VM with Parallels on my Mac but on the M1 Macs you only can install Windows 11 for ARM.

    On Windows 11 for ARM I am not able to even install RDi.... even Windows 11 supports x64 Emulation now and that is working for many Windows Applications.

    So it is not only Mac OS BigSur or Monterey - it is ACTUAL Operating Systems on actual Hardware which is not supported and this is a no go for a Tool which you have to pay for.

    If it would be Open Source maybe some people would accept that but I am sure that it wouldn't be that worse if it is Open Source because in that case I am quiet sure that some people already solved these issues. So why isn't IBM or Help Systems doing that (as far as I am informed Help Systems is developing the RDi since 2017)?

    Sorry for that hard words but I am fighting to get more people on the platform (for 30 years now) and we need a lot of new people on that platform and it looks like everybody is interested in that but not IBM...

    Many thanks for your feedback and hopefully good news!?!



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    Markus Litters
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  • 41.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 01/19/22 05:03 AM

    Hi Markus,

    I feel you. I was hoping to get our IBM i developers (COBOL) to work directly on their Macs, but no way... so they still have to use WDSc 7 on a Windows VM.

    Just tried the most recent IM for macOS Big Sur (1.9.2001) but no luck. It's kind of sad.



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    Oliver Thomsen
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  • 42.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 01/19/22 08:12 AM
    Hi Oliver,

    With IM 1.9.2.1, if you do a User mode install (instead of Admin mode), you should be able to install RDi.

    There are more detailed steps in https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6373030

    If your developers are using a Windows VM, could they use RDi 9.6 in the VM?

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    Eric Simpson
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  • 43.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 01/19/22 08:52 AM
    Hi Eric,

    thanks for the reply. The problem is not the installation of RDi itself (as described in one of my earlier posts), the problem is that the RDi is not allowing us to install for our development required plugins.

    And for the Windows VMs: not if you are running an old (and therefore unsupported) version of Windows (don't ask)!

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    Oliver Thomsen
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  • 44.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 01/21/22 04:45 AM
    Hi Eric,

    to be more specific, after installing RDI and adding Eclipse 4.6 update site, when I try to install one of our 3rd party plugins, it now lets me start the installation (which is new), but ends with the following error:


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    Oliver Thomsen
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  • 45.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 01/21/22 07:53 AM

    That error looks like there is a faulty file at that location. You can try to rename it and perform the update again.




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  • 46.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 01/21/22 11:55 AM
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    Hmm... ok... looks like some m2e components are corrupted:

    So I downloaded the "original" files from https://archive.eclipse.org/technology/m2e/releases/1.8/1.8.2.20171007-0217/, unpacked the jar files and just replace the corresponding MANIFEST.MF files in the META-INF directories in {$home}/IBM/SDPShared/features and /plugins:

    And now installation of 3rd party plugins is working.

    I've attached a zip file with the files.


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  • 47.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 01/19/22 08:57 AM
    Thanks Oliver,

    after opening a new Ticket at IBM Mike Hockings told me a trick to make an update to the underlying eclipse 4.6 which allows me now to install my plug Ins!!!!

    Thanks Mike again!

    With the new Installation Manager I could also install the RDi on Windows 11 for ARM and was able to install the Plug Ins as well. It took several restarts until it worked again but now it looks like it's working.

    That is a big step forward to me.

    Nevertheless it should be an actual eclipse version under the hood and official support for actual Operating Systems.

    The Update for eclipse 4.6 (Neon) you find here
    Eclipse Project Update Sites

    My impression is, that eclipse is faster now after this updates.
    I need to work with that installation to see if everything is stable.

    Hope that helps others too.

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  • 48.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 01/19/22 09:11 AM

    Markus, when you use help/about..and then press the eclipse icon:

     

     

    What version do you see? This is mine:

     




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  • 49.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 01/19/22 09:21 AM

    Hi Markus,

    sounds interesting, but how did you manage to update?

    I've the Eclipse Neon update site to the "Available Update Sites" and triggered "Check for Updates", but the result was that no updates were found.



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  • 50.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 01/19/22 10:01 AM
    Hi everybody,

    sorry - my fault.
    It is not really an update. You need to put that into "Installing new Software" (I hope it is the right translation because I use the German version).
    There you need to install everything which appears when you enter the URL.
    It is still the same eclipse version (as far as I can see when I compare it to Wim's Screenshot) but there are some other things installed. I guess these components are needed that the Plug Ins are working.
    iSphere and iRPGUnit are installed now.


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  • 51.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 07/26/21 08:49 AM
    Hi Jack,

    I have updated the support document about installing RDi from the web to include a link to the Big Sur issues support document.

    Thanks,
    Eric

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  • 52.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 07/26/21 09:17 AM
    You're a hero, Eric! Thanks again.

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  • 53.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 07/29/21 03:41 AM

    Well, it seems obvious that IBM is having a hard time to get RDi working on BigSur. I also heard that moving the documentation to docs (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en). When coding RPG in RDi and pressing F1 it took ages. That seems too have improved, so the complaints went away. What I hear today is that pressing F1, not in RPG code, but in a line of code with "EXEC SQL" simply no longer works.

    I had RDi on my Mac before I upgraded to BigSur and after updating IM, I was able to update RDI successfully, the only detail left is that it does not start anymore. 

    With the speed of today's IT world it seems a big task to stay current on every level, be it with all the OS versions your software is running on, be it the connection with the documentation.

    Having said that I thing it is reasonable to ask IBM, what there plans are with RDI. The biggest question for this topic is when will Big Sur have official support? Does any of you have a connection within IBM who can answer this simple question?

    Greeting Rudi



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  • 54.  RE: Installation problems with RDI on macOS Big Sur

    Posted 08/02/21 03:44 PM
    Hi Eric, 

    Thanks for the updated info on installing on Big Sur. 

    What about installing on Catalina? Is it still advised that we use the old IM (1.8.9.4) or should the latest version work on Catalina as well? 

    And same question about updating RDi on Catalina? Should I update my IM to the latest/current IM before updating to later releases of RDi? 

    Or do I need to uninstall everything and start over on Catalina?

    Thanks. 

    Susan Gantner

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