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| mavster07 |
 Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 3:27 am Post subject: Installing WMB 7 on Ubuntu 32 bit Linux |
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Hi
I'm trying to install WMB 7 onto Ubuntu Linux 32 bit (11.04) as I was told it would work. However, on 32 bit Ubuntu it seems to install the Toolkit fine but the runtime seems to install only 64 bit binaries for some reason.
bash: ./mqsilist: cannot execute binary file
user01@ubuntu:/opt/IBM/mqsi/7.0/bin$ file mqsilist
mqsilist: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.4.0, not stripped
I've not tried installing onto the Ubuntu 64 bit version as yet.
Other Websphere tools like WID, Websphere AS, etc all install fine and work without a problem on 32 bit.
Has anyone tried to install WMB 7 onto Linux other than Red Hat or the other supported Linux variants ?
I'm interested to know if anyone has any success here or can suggest things to try to get it working on a standalone Linux OS. I was thinking of trying CentOS next.
Welcome all suggestions here as very keen to get this working. |
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| smdavies99 |
| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 4:09 am Post subject: |
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You can get the runtime to work but it is always a bit of a fudge.
Firstly, the WMQ kit is supplied as RPM's. You have to convert them to .debs
etc etc etc
Frankly, I gave up on Ubuntu a long time ago. Yes you can run the toolkit but as a server for broker? (preparing to duck incoming missiles) In the words of certain tennis player, 'You have to be kidding'.
Install it all on CentOS. Life will be an awful lot easier. That said, unless you install libXp MQ Explorer won't run and you will need to install ksh so that the broker installer can create the workpath directories.
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| mavster07 |
| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 4:24 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the update.
Which version of CentOS would you recommend and are there any useful build instructions you've come across that might help with that ? particularly around installing libraries and updates as CentOS seems quite raw compared to Ubuntu ! |
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| smdavies99 |
| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 4:39 am Post subject: |
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| mavster07 wrote: |
Thanks for the update.
Which version of CentOS would you recommend and are there any useful build instructions you've come across that might help with that ? particularly around installing libraries and updates as CentOS seems quite raw compared to Ubuntu ! |
IMHO, CentOS & my implication RHEL is actually far more polished than Ubuntu. Ubuntu is far more bleeding edge than RHEL/CentOS/Scientific Linux. RHEL etc is designed for servers. This is where stability is far more important than the latest whizzy software package that is still in Bata release. It is also designed to be run headless. ie in a datacentre somewhere and everything done remotely. Not so easy in Ubuntu.
The stability point also dictates the update policy.
As I indicated libXp (actually all libX* rpm's) and ksh should be installed.
I have a kickstart file that does the job for me. I've built it up over the years. It works for V5.5,5.6 & 6.0.
The downside is that it is a little harder for someone who only knows Ubuntu to get to grips with.
'yum' is every bit as powerful as apt-get.
as to version?
5.6 or 6.0. no question.
disclaimer. I'm a RHCE and have been for 10 years so naturally, I'm biased.
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| mavster07 |
| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 5:35 am Post subject: |
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Thanks. This is really helpful.
I've installed the ksh and libX utilities.
Can you suggest where I can source suitable disk utility and package installer apps to configure the system further (e.g. volumes etc) before I install WMB etc ?
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| smdavies99 |
| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 7:25 am Post subject: |
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| mavster07 wrote: |
Thanks. This is really helpful.
I've installed the ksh and libX utilities.
Can you suggest where I can source suitable disk utility and package installer apps to configure the system further (e.g. volumes etc) before I install WMB etc ?
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fdisk
mke2fs -j
mkdir
mount
All included in your install.... OOTB
Broker comes with its own installer ( ./<filename> ~) like runing a .exe on windoze
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| mavster07 |
| Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:02 am Post subject: |
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Hi
Tried installing WMB on CentOS 6 64 bit but it fails to install correctly as it requires specific libraries to be present. Would you have a list of pre-req libraries one should install ?
Thx
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| smdavies99 |
| Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:23 am Post subject: |
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Fails. In what way does it fail?
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| Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:52 am Post subject: |
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Here is part of my standard RHEL/CentOS Kickstart file. This may give you some pointer as to what to install.
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%packages
@base
@compat-libraries
@console-internet
@core
@debugging
@british-support
@ftp-server
@hardware-monitoring
@java-platform
@large-systems
@legacy-unix
@nfs-file-server
@network-server
@storage-server
@network-file-system-client
@network-tools
@php
@performance
@perl-runtime
@server-platform
@server-policy
@web-server
@web-servlet
pax
python-dmidecode
uuidd
sgpio
-genisoimage
dos2unix
unix2dos
logwatch
ftp
lftp
rsh
rsh-server
tcp_wrappers
perl-DBD-SQLite
perl-Date-Manip
-mod_auth_mysql
-fprintd-pam
-hunspell
tigervnc-server
mc
tree
# stuff needed for wmq & wbi on 64bit
# Some of this is probably for a GUI based system
ksh
crypto-utils
compat-gcc-34
gcc-java
compat-gcc-34-g77
rpmlint
compat-gcc-34-c++
ant
libXpm
libXpm.i686
libXaw
libXaw.i686
libXp
libXp.i686
libXmu
libXmu.i686
libcanberra
libcanberra.i686
libcanberra-gtk2
libcanberra-gtk2.i686
gtk2
gtk2.i686
gtk2-engines
gtk2-engines.i686
PackageKit-gtk-module
PackageKit-gtk-module.i686
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There are both 32bit & 64bit versions of some packages. This is because some bits of Broker & MQ are 32bit even on a 64bit platform. For example, eclipse. This is used in Broker and WMQ (wmqexplorer). This is a 32bit applicaton in both cases (AFAIK).
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