Installing into Eclipse environments
Install IBM® MQ Explorer into your own Eclipse environment or Eclipse-based product to help with developing Java applications or to develop your own extensions.
Before you begin
Note: If you place the IBM MQ Explorer plug-ins in another Eclipse environment, to use the
full set of CipherSuites, and to operate with certified FIPS 140-2 or Suite-B compliance, a suitable
Java runtime environment (JRE) is required. IBM
Java 7 Service Refresh 4, Fix Pack 2 or a higher
level of the IBM JRE provides the appropriate
support.
About this task
Procedure
To install into a compatible Eclipse-based environment:
What to do next
For local queue managers, this procedure is sufficient if IBM MQ Explorer is being used to administer remote queue managers. If there are local queue managers to administer, you must run the Eclipse-based product with the required environment settings for your operating system. In addition, the Eclipse-based product must be a 64-bit application to match the 64-bit local queue managers.
On Windows, set the PATH
environment variable to include the bin64 and java/lib64
directories of your IBM MQ installation. You can use the
setmqenv command to do this before you start the Eclipse-based product from the
same command line. For example, if IBM MQ is installed
in directory C:\Program Files\IBM\MQ, enter the following
command:
C:\Program Files\IBM\MQ\bin\setmqenv -s
On Linux® x86_64 systems, set the
LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable to include the java/lib64 and
lib64 directories of your IBM MQ
installation before you run the Eclipse-based product. For example, if IBM MQ is installed in /opt/mqm:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/mqm/java/lib64:/opt/mqm/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH