Install UFT Developer for Mac

This section includes instructions for installing UFT Developer on Mac.

Manual installation

Download the UFT Developer installation file and install UFT Developer on your machine: 

  1. Make sure your machine meets the installation Prerequisites before you start, otherwise the installation will fail.

  2. Log into Micro Focus SaaS. If you do not have an account, create one.

  3. Go to the UFT Developer download page and download the installation file for Mac.

  4. Unzip the file.
  5. Close all Safari browser pages.

  6. Launch the installation by running the UFTDeveloperSetup.app setup package.

  7. Follow the on-screen instructions.

    On the Installation Options page, select an installation mode:

    Mode For computers where you plan to...
    UFT Developer runtime engine only

    Run existing UFT Developer tests without modifying them.
    Full installation

    Develop and run UFT Developer tests.

    Select the IDEs on which to install the UFT Developer plugin and enter the relevant path to the IDE. Make sure to include the full path to the IDE, including the file. For example: /Applications/IntelliJ IDEA.app

    Note: The UFT Developer installation can install the UFT Developer plugin only on one of the Eclipse/Spring Tool Suite/JBoss Developer Studio IDEs. Accordingly, you can enter only one IDE path for this option.

    When the full installation is complete, a UFT Developer menu is added to the IDEs you selected, and UFT Developer project templates are available when creating a new project in the IDE.

    Note: If you run the Full installation but do not select any IDEs for the UFT Developer plugin, the UFT Developer SDKs are still installed in /Applications/UFTDeveloper/sdk.
  8. When the installation is complete, continue with Post installation.

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Default UFT Developer installation location on Mac

UFT Developer is installed by default in /Applications/UFTDeveloper

After installation, you can move the installation folder to another location if you need to, in which case, you must define a system variable called LEANFT_HOME that points to the new location.

Tip: If you move the installation to <users>/Applications/UFTDeveloper, you do not need to define the LEANFT_HOME system variable.

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