Installing RAD7 on Ubuntu 8.0.4 / Hardy Heron

I have installed RAD7 on Ubuntu Hardy Heron a couple of times, As with many common products which were not originally meant for Ubuntu, its not a simple click and install as it is with Windows.

So, if you are struggling to get RAD7 installed on your kubuntu/ubuntu machine here is the procedure:

1) make /bin/sh point at bash: cd /bin; sudo ln -sf bash sh

2) install RAD7

3) replace the shell in the scripts: sudo perl -p -i -e "s/\/sh$/\/bash/" /opt/IBM/SDP70/runtimes/base_v61/bin/*.sh

4) replace the shell in the script for the profile management: sudo perl -p -i -e "s/\/sh$/\/bash/" /opt/IBM/SDP70/runtimes/base_v61/bin/ProfileManagement/*.sh

5) enable write access to the profile, so that you can develop using your user account: sudo chmod -R a+w /opt/IBM/SDP70/runtimes/base_v61/profiles/AppSrv01

6) restore the original link: cd /bin; sudo ln -sf dash sh

Here is a a tutorial that I originally referred to,

http://alexcozzi.blogspot.com/2007/01/rational-application-developer-7-on.html

I personally skipped the steps 3 to 6 and everything is running hunky dory,

I faced a couple of additional issues

First, where the initial installation screen would display blank. This had to do with the visual effects, which are set to normal by default. This messes with the installation script and causes some AWT exceptions. To fix this,

1) Click on System --> Preferences --> Appearance

2) Click on the Visual Effects tab, select none and close.

Start your install again and it should be ok.

If you are still facing issues like I did, then the library libstdc++.so.5 might be missing or the correct version might not be installed on your system.

run sudo apt-get install libstdc++5