Install a WebSphere MQ server

 

Installing a WebSphere MQ server on a 32-bit or 64-bit Linux system.

Before you start the installation procedure:

• Ensure you have the correct 32-bit or 64-bit Server CD-ROM. If you want to install the 64-bit Server, mount the 64-bit Server CD-ROM.

• Make sure you have prepared your system as described in Preparing for installation.

This section describes the installation of the server, using the RPM Package Manager installer, enabling you to choose which components you want to install. The components and filesets are listed in WebSphere MQ Components; install at least the Runtime and Server components.

1. Log in as root.

2. If you are installing from the Server CD-ROM, mount the CD-ROM file system.

3. Run the mqlicense.sh script. If you want to view a text-only version of the license, which can be read by a screen-reader, type:

   ./mqlicense.sh -text_only

   The license is displayed.

   If want to accept the license without it being displayed, we can run the mqlicense.sh script with the -accept option.

   ./mqlicense.sh -accept

   You must accept the license agreement before we can proceed with the installation.

4. Use the rpm -ivh command to install each component that you require. This example shows a minimum installation:

   rpm -ivh MQSeriesRuntime-6.0.0-0.i386.rpm MQSeriesServer-6.0.0-0.i386.rpm

Ensure that /bin/sh is a valid shell interpreter compatible with the Bourne shell, otherwise the post-installation configuration of WebSphere MQ will not complete successfully.

If your Linux machine was not installed with RPM, you might see a prerequisites failure of /bin/sh when you try to install WebSphere MQ. This is because the RPM tables do not recognize that a valid shell interpreter is installed.

If this occurs, we can reinstall the /bin/sh shell using RPM, or specify the RPM option --nodeps to disable dependency checking during installation of WebSphere MQ.

• WebSphere MQ Components
  

 

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Installing a WebSphere MQ server

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