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Prepare Ubuntu 14.04 for installation

Before we install IBM WebSphere Application Server on Ubuntu, prepare the operating system.

Some WAS components have prerequisites that might not be available by default on all operating system installations.


Tasks

  1. Verify the system prerequisites are installed.

    To install the complete set of packages that might be required by any hardware platform,:

    apt-get install libxtst6 libgtk2.0-bin libxft2
    

  2. Optional: Change the default shell to bash by running the following command and choosing no.
    dpkg-reconfigure dash
    

  3. For Ubuntu on POWER Little Endian (LE), review the following platform-specific limitations:

    • Edge Caching Proxy is not supported on this architecture.
    • Load Balancer for IPv4 and IPv6 components Content Based Routing (CBR) and Site Selector are not supported.
    • Load Balancer for IPv4 and IPv6 requires the IBM Advanced Toolchain 7.1 runtime packages. See IBM Advance Toolchain for PowerLinux™ documentation.


Related:

  • Online product repositories for WAS offerings
  • WAS product offerings for supported operating systems
  • Install the product offerings using the command line