UNIX and Linux: /usr symbolic links removed

From Version 7.1, on all UNIX and Linux® platforms, the links from the /usr file system are no longer made automatically. In order to take advantage of these links, you must set an installation as the primary installation.

In previous releases the installation of the product on UNIX and Linux created the symbolic links shown in Table 1. In Version 7.1 or later, these links are not created. You must run setmqinst to create a primary installation containing symbolic links. No symbolic links are created in other installations.

Table 1. Default symbolic links created in releases before Version 7.1
Symbolic link from To
/usr/bin/amq... /opt/mqm/bin/amq...
/usr/lib/amq... /opt/mqm/lib/amq...
/usr/include/cmq... /opt/mqm/inc/cmq...
/usr/share/man/... /opt/mqm/man/...

Only a subset of those links created with previous releases are now made, see External library and control command links to primary installation on UNIX and Linux

For more information about choosing whether to have a primary installation, see Choosing a primary installation