How do you install free IBM WebSphere Application Server for Developers

I have downloaded and unzipped in a directory to get disc1 to disc3 folders but there's no exe to launch and no instruction in readme file so how do you install ? IBM WebSphere Application Server for Developers, including Liberty Profile v8.5 (Part 1 of 3) was.repo.8500.developers.ilan_part1.zip (988M) Download now IBM WebSphere Application Server for Developers, including Liberty Profile v8.5 (Part 2 of 3) was.repo.8500.developers.ilan_part2.zip (1G) Download now IBM WebSphere Application Server for Developers, including Liberty Profile v8.5 (Part 3 of 3) was.repo.8500.developers.ilan_part3.zip (910M)

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You need IBM Installation Manager to install that. The disks you downloaded are simply the repositories of the software that IIM can read and process.

For example, the 1.5 version can be found here.

answered Sep 3, 2012 at 6:27 876k 240 240 gold badges 1.6k 1.6k silver badges 2k 2k bronze badges Thanks but what a hassle when you have a lot of other stuffs to do :( Commented Sep 9, 2012 at 16:21 It is really bad idea to have a lot of thing to download. Very confused by this. :( Commented Mar 18, 2015 at 2:13

If you do not want to download compressed archives containing the Installation Manager repositories, then there is a much easier and simpler process for getting WebSphere Application Server for Developers installed.

Once you have IBM Installation Manager installed, you only need to provide the repository location to where the IBM hosted WebSphere Application Server for Developers repository is located. For instance, to install WAS for Developers version 8.0 or version 8.5, you simply add one of the following repository locations to the repository preferences.

Alternatively, you can use the IBM Package Utility (a companion to Installation Manager), to reconstruct the IBM hosted repository on your local machine. The advantage to using PU is that you will be able to create a local repository that also includes the fixpack level of your own choosing rather than having to go get a fixpack from IBM Fix Central and then updating the installation afterwards.

Information on creating local repositories with Packaging Utility is available in the WebSphere Knowledge Center.