The earlier version of TOBi - The Object Builder for i was called "BOB Better Object Builder" this was renamed TOBi to prevent confusion with IBM BOB (the VS-Code based IDE with integrated IBM-i AI)
Install TOBi (The Object Builder for i)
TOBi is an opensource tool that allows us to develop our source locally on our PC, and most importantly, allows us to compile direct from our PC onto our IBM i System. It synchs the local source to an IFS location and compiles into our library of choice.
TOBiuses a list of opens source packages:
I would also recommend adding these:
YUM - Manual Installer
If you want to suck down and install all the prerequisite packages in one easy step - go to a PASE terminal command line and do this:
The easiest way to install any opensource package is using the Open Source Package Management option in IBM i Access Client Solutions. You just need to find each package and click INSTALL.
For example, to install TOBi, we would look for TOBi and ensure it is installed:
You can confirm you have the correct opensource packages installed by using the ACS Open Source Package Mangement tool:
