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7. You can launch the Application Server Toolkit V6.1 by clicking Start → All

Programs → IBM WebSphere → Application Server Toolkit V6.1 →

Application Server Toolkit.

4.7 Installing WebSphere Application Server

Community Edition

WebSphere Application Server Community Edition is a free, lightweight Java 2

Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE) application server built on Apache Geronimo

technology. Available at no charge, it harnesses the latest innovations from the

open source community to deliver an integrated, readily accessible and flexible

foundation for developing and deploying Java applications.

WebSphere Application Server Community Edition is built on Apache Tomcat

and other best-of-breed open source software such as OpenEJB, Apache Axis,

and IBM Cloudscape (based on Apache Cloudscape)

You can download WebSphere Application Server Community Edition at:

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/ws/wasce/?S_TACT=105AGX

10&S_CMP=WESDL

You can view the WebSphere Application Server Community Edition V1.1

documentation at:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/wasce/V1.1.0/en/index.html

To install the IBM 32-bit Software Development Kit (SDK) for Java 2 V5.0 and

WebSphere Application Server Community Edition, follow these steps:

1. First, install the IBM 32 bit SDK for Java 2 V5.0. Run

ibm-java2-sdk-pwi32devifx-20061016.exe. In our example, we launched this

executable from the following directory:

C:\Software\WAS CE v1.1\wasce_ibm150sdk_setup-1.1.0.1-ia32win

2. Select English(United States) and click OK (Figure 4-44).

Figure 4-44 Language of installation

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3. Click Next on the welcome window.

4. Read the license agreement and click Yes to accept it.

5. Select a destination folder. In our example, we selected the default

installation directory path. Click Next to continue. See Figure 4-45.

Figure 4-45 Installation directory path

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6. Click Typical setup type for install and click Next, as shown in Figure 4-46.

Figure 4-46 Type of installation

7. You see a window similar to Figure 4-47. Click Yes.

Figure 4-47 Installing the Java Runtime Environment as the System JVM™

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8. Review the current settings and click Next to begin the installation, as shown

in Figure 4-48.

Figure 4-48 Installation directory path

9. After the installation completes, click Finish.

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10.You see a window similar to Figure 4-49. Click Next.

Figure 4-49 Welcome window of WebSphere Application Server Community Edition

11.Now that you have installed IBM 32-bit SDK, you next install WebSphere

Application Server Community Edition. Run wasce_setup-1.1.0.1-win.exe. In

our example, this executable is in the same folder as the IBM SDK.

12.Read and accept the terms of License Agreement and click Next.