IBM MQ Explorer installation requirements

Before you install IBM MQ Explorer, review the minimum installation requirements.

IBM MQ Explorer is available for Windows and Linux and can be installed either as part of the product installation, or from the stand-alone IBM MQ Explorer (MS0T SupportPac) download available from Fix Central.

  • The product version is available for Windows x86_64 and Linux x86_64.
  • The stand-alone version is available for Windows x86_64, and Linux x86_64.

The requirements to install IBM MQ Explorer, either as part of the product installation, or from the stand-alone IBM MQ Explorer download available from Fix Central, include:

  • 512 MB RAM
  • 1 GHz processor
  • At least 300 MB available disk space
  • A suitable monitor for the operating system with a screen size of at least 1024x768
  • On Linux, GTK2 including the GTK2-engines, which contain the GTK2 themes. The minimum GTK2 level depends on the version of IBM MQ. From IBM MQ Version 9.1, GTK+ version 2.18.0, or later, is supported.
  • Bitstream-vera-fonts (applies to Linux only).

Note: On Linux, if you have both GTK2 and GTK3 installed on the system then we must disable GTK3 with the environment variable SWT_GTK3=0.

IBM MQ Explorer is not supported on Eclipse platforms at a higher level than the one that it is built on. However, IBM MQ Explorer is backwards compatible with earlier levels of Eclipse than the one that it is built on.

For information about the Eclipse level that IBM MQ Explorer is built on, see What's new and what's changed in IBM MQ Explorer.

Parent topic: Introduction to IBM MQ Explorer


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