You must complete additional steps to prepare an Asianux
Server 3 system for a WebSphere® Application
Server installation.
Before you begin
Complete steps 1-10 in Preparing Linux systems for installation. Those steps are common to any
Linux system.Supported configurations: The RedCastle security
service is not supported with WebSphere Application Server.
About this task
In addition to the common steps required for installing
any Linux system, a few system-specific
steps are required for Asianux Server 3.
Verify that the prerequisite packages are installed. A Linux package registration limitation prevents the prerequisites checker program from
examining prerequisite packages on Linux systems. For more
information, see Installing and verifying Linux packages.
Procedure
- Install packages for all hardware platforms.
Install
the following packages on any hardware platform:
- compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61
- Required for C++ runtime compatibility. Used by such components
as GSKit, the Java™ 2 Software
Development Kit (SDK), and the Web Server Plug-ins.
- compat-db-4.2.52-5.1
- Required by IBM® HTTP Server.
Some of the modules use the libraries that exist within this package.
- ksh-20080202-14
- Required by IBM HTTP Server.
- gtk2-2.10.4-20
- Required by IBM Installation
Manager.
- gtk2-engines-2.8.0-3
- Required by IBM Installation
Manager.
- libXp-1.0.0-8
- Required by the Java 2 SDK
to provide printing functions for graphical user interfaces. Without
this package, Swing-based applications and AWT-based applications,
such as InstallShield for Multiplatforms (ISMP), cannot instantiate.
- libXmu-1.0.2-5
- libXtst-1.0.1-3.1
- pam-0.99.6.2-4
- elfutils-0.137
- elfutils-libs-0.137
- libXft-2.1.10-1.1
- Required to install the application server using a user interface.
- libstdc++-4.1.2-48
These packages are part of the Asianux Server 3
operating system, but might not be installed by default. Also, you
can install a later release of any of these packages.
- Select packages for hardware platforms that can run both
32-bit and 64-bit applications.
If you are running 64-bit
Asianux Server 3 operating system, then you must install both the
32-bit and 64-bit versions of the following packages.
Hardware platforms
that can run both 32-bit and 64-bit applications include Opteron and
EM64T for the Asianux Server 3 operating system in terms of applicability
to WebSphere Application
Server. There are situations in which you might have 64-bit runtime
support on these platforms only. However, various applications that
are included with WebSphere Application
Server Version 6.1 products and packages also require the 32-bit runtime
support. Therefore, you must install the 32-bit runtime support.
Install
the following required 32-bit packages by selecting to customize the
packages during the Asianux Server 3 installation. Or, customize packages
on an existing system by issuing the appropriate system software configuration
commands.
Platforms that support both 32-bit and 64-bit applications
require both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the following packages:
- compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61
- compat-db-4.2.52-5.1
- gtk2-2.10.4-20
- gtk2-engines-2.8.0-3
- libstdc++-4.1.2-48
- libXft-2.1.10-1.1
- libXp-1.0.0-8
- libXmu-1.0.2-5
- libXtst-1.0.1-3.1
- pam-0.99.6.2-4
Run the rpm -qa | grep package_name command
to verify that you have both versions of each package. Substitute
the name of each package for the package_name variable.
Installed
packages are displayed in the reply to the command. If you do not
get two replies for each package, you have only one version of the
package installed. You must then install the missing package.
- Install additional packages for specific platforms.
In addition to the packages that are common to all platforms,
install the following package on hardware platforms that can run both
32-bit and 64-bit applications before installing WebSphere Application Server products and
packages.
- x86 platforms and Opteron or EM64T platforms: compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-138
- The compat-libstdc++ package is required for C++ runtime compatibility.
The package is used by such components as GSKit, the Java 2 SDK, and the Web Server Plug-ins.
Results
If you do not install all the required packages, the Installation
wizard cannot start. Error messages indicate missing libraries, the
inability to load graphical interfaces, or other errors that occur
during the installation.
What to do next
After you complete the steps in this article, proceed to the final step in Preparing Linux systems for installation.