Installing IBM WebSphere MQ server on Linux Ubuntu
You can install a IBM® WebSphere® MQ server on a Linux® Ubuntu system.
Before you begin
- Before you start the installation procedure, make sure that you have completed the necessary steps outlined in Preparing the system.
- Ensure that RPM is installed on your system, as the installation
procedure uses the same RPM packages used by the other RPM based distributions.
Technologies that convert these RPM packages into other forms, such
as alien to convert RPMs to Debian packages, are not compatible with
the IBM WebSphere MQ RPM
packages and must not be used.
IBM WebSphere MQ for Linux is installed by using RPM, which is not installed by default on Ubuntu. To determine if RPM is installed on you system, use the dpkg command. For example:
dpkg -l rpm
If the response from this command is of the form:
Then RPM is already installed on your system and no further action is required.ii rpm 4.9.1.1-1ubuntu0.1 package manager for RPM
If the dpkg command returns output of the form:$ dpkg -l rpm No packages found matching rpm
Then you must install the RPM package before you install IBM WebSphere MQ. For example:
If this command does not complete successfully, consult your Ubuntu administrator for instructions specific to your system to install the RPM package.sudo apt-get install rpm
About this task
Procedure
What to do next
- If you have chosen this installation to be the primary installation
on the system, you must now set it as the primary installation. Enter
the following command at the command prompt:
MQ_INSTALLATION_PATH
/bin/setmqinst -i -pMQ_INSTALLATION_PATH
where
MQ_INSTALLATION_PATH
represents the directory where IBM WebSphere MQ is installed.You can have only one primary installation on a system. If there is already a primary installation on the system, you must unset it before you can set another installation as the primary installation. For more information, see Changing the primary installation .
- You might want to set up the environment to work with this installation. You can use the setmqenv or crtmqenv command to set various environment variables for a particular installation of IBM WebSphere MQ. For more information, see setmqenv and crtmqenv.
- If you want to confirm that the installation was successful, you can verify your installation. See Verifying an IBM WebSphere MQ server installation, for more information.