Installing IBM MQ server on Linux

You can install an IBM® MQ server on a 64-bit Linux® system.

1. Log in as root, or switch to the superuser by using the su command.
2. Set your current directory to the location of the installation file. The location might be the mount point of the server DVD, a network location, or a local file system directory.
3. You must accept the terms of the license agreement before you can proceed with the installation.
   To do this run the mqlicense.sh script:

   ./mqlicense.sh

   The license agreement is displayed in a language appropriate to your environment and you are prompted to accept or decline the terms of the license.

   If possible, mqlicense.sh opens an X-window to display the license.

   If you need the license to be presented as text in the current shell, which can be read by a screen reader, type the following command, ./mqlicense.sh -text_only

4. If this installation is not the only installation of IBM MQ on the system, you must run the crtmqpkg command to create a unique set of packages to install on the system. To run the crtmqpkg command to run on Linux, you must install the pax command and rpmbuild, which is located in the rpm-build package.
   Note: The crtmqpkg command is required only if this is not the first installation of IBM MQ on the system. If you have earlier versions of IBM MQ installed on your system, then installing the latest version works correctly if you install it in a different location.

   To run the crtmqpkg command on a Linux system:

   1. Enter the following command:

      ./crtmqpkg suffix

      where suffix is a name of your choosing that uniquely identifies the installation packages on the system. suffix is not the same as an installation name, although the names can be identical. suffix is limited to 16 characters in the ranges A-Z, a-z, and 0-9.

      Note: This command creates a full copy of the installation packages in a temporary directory. By default, the temporary directory is located at /var/tmp. You must ensure that the system has enough free space before you run this command. To use a different location, you can set the TMPDIR environment variable before you run the crtmqpkg command. For example:

      $ TMPDIR=/test ./crtmqpkg suffix

   2. Set your current directory to the location specified when the crtmqpkg command operation completes successfully.
      This directory is a subdirectory of the /var/tmp/mq_rpms directory, in which the unique set of packages is created. The packages have the suffix value contained within the file name. For example, using a suffix of "1":

      ./crtmqpkg 1

      means there is a subdirectory named /var/tmp/mq_rpms/1/x86_64.
      The packages are renamed according to the subdirectory, for example:

      From: MQSeriesRuntime-8.0.0-0.x86_64.rpm
      To: MQSeriesRuntime-1-8.0.0-0.x86_64.rpm

5. Install IBM MQ.
   To support the running of a queue manager, you must install at least the the MQSeriesRuntime and the MQSeriesServer components.
   • To install to the default location, /opt/mqm, use the rpm -ivh command to install each component that you require.
     For example, to install the runtime and server components to the default location, use the following command:

     rpm -ivh MQSeriesRuntime-*.rpm MQSeriesServer-*.rpm

     To install all components that are available in your current location on the installation media to the default location, use the following command:

     rpm -ivh MQSeries*.rpm

     Important: The components that you need to install might not all be in the same folder on the installation media. Some components might be under the /Advanced folder. For more information about installing IBM MQ Advanced components, see Installing IBM MQ Advanced for Multiplatforms.
   • To install to a non-default location, use the rpm --prefix option. For each installation, all of the IBM MQ components that you require must be installed in the same location.

     The installation path specified must be either an empty directory, the root of an unused file system, or a path that does not exist. The length of the path is limited to 256 bytes and must not contain spaces.

     For example, enter the following installation path to install the runtime and server components to the /opt/customLocation directory on a 64-bit Linux system:

     rpm --prefix /opt/customLocation -ivh MQSeriesRuntime-*.rpm MQSeriesServer-*.rpm