Installing the stand-alone IBM MQ Explorer on Linux

On Linux, we can install the stand-alone IBM MQ Explorer by using the graphical user interface. Alternatively, we can perform either a silent or a console installation.

Before starting

Before you install the stand-alone IBM MQ Explorer, review the requirements information in IBM MQ Explorer installation requirements.

If you already have a previous version of IBM MQ Explorer installed, uninstall that version with the supplied uninstaller before proceeding with the installation of the new version. For more information, see Uninstalling the stand-alone IBM MQ Explorer on Linux.

If you try to reinstall IBM MQ Explorer and you previously uninstalled it by deleting the files rather than by using the supplied uninstaller, the message IBM MQ Explorer is already installed appears. If this happens, we need to carry out some additional steps to return to a clean system before we can reinstall the stand-alone IBM MQ Explorer as described in Uninstalling the stand-alone IBM MQ Explorer on Linux.

Note: In addition to the space used by the installed program, the installer uses space in the /tmp filesystem. We should allow at least 600MB for this, which will be freed after the installation is complete. To use somewhere other than /tmp, export the IATEMPDIR environment variable as shown in the following example:

export IATEMPDIR=/var/tmp

We must do this before running the command ./Setup.bin.

In addition, we should allow 400MB on a filesystem of our choosing for the tar.gz install image and its contents once uncompressed.

After downloading the stand-alone IBM MQ Explorer from Fix Central and uncompressing the files, you can install IBM MQ Explorer in any of the following ways:

• By using the installation wizard.
• By installing silently, using a response file.
• By performing a console (text-based) installation.

If you require an accessible version of the installer, then use the silent install mode to carry out the installation. A response file is used to configure a silent installation. An example response file, silent_install.resp is provided in the same directory as the IBM MQ Explorer Setup program. We can modify this example file as required by using a text editor.

Procedure

1. Download the Linux version of stand-alone IBM MQ Explorer.

   Follow this link to Fix Central and select the Linux version of the download package.

2. Create an installation directory on the target machine.
3. Uncompress the tar.gz file that you downloaded, for example, ms0t_mqexplorer_9130_linux_x86_64.tar.gz, to this directory.
4. Install IBM MQ Explorer. We can install in any of the following ways:
   • To install by using the installation wizard:
     1. Log in as root and navigate to the directory where you uncompressed the files.
     2. Run the command ./Setup.bin (as root) and follow the onscreen instructions.
     3. Launch IBM MQ Explorer either by using the system menu entry, or by using the MQExplorer executable file in the installation directory.

   • To install silently, using a response file:
     1. Use a text editor to modify the example response file, silent_install.resp, as required. Make your changes in line with the comments in the file. Note: Before performing a silent install, the LICENSE_ACCEPTED property in the response file must be set to TRUE to indicate that you agree to the terms of the product license. (The license can be found in the license folder of the product zip file).
     2. Launch the silent install by using the following command:

        ./Setup.bin -f silent_install.resp

     The installation then proceeds without any feedback.

   • To perform a console (text-based) installation, launch the installer by using the following command:

     ./Setup.bin -i console

   Note: If you see the following error message, this might be because you have the DISPLAY environment variable set but do not have a valid X configuration:

   Unable to load and to prepare the installer in console or silent mode.

   If you do see this message, unset your DISPLAY environment variable and retry the operation in console mode.

Parent topic: Install and uninstall IBM MQ Explorer as a stand-alone application on Linux and Windows

Related information

• Launching IBM MQ Explorer