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Prepare Asianux Server 3 for installation
We must complete additional steps to prepare an Asianux Server 3 system for a WAS installation. Complete steps 1-10 in Prepare Linux systems for installation. Those steps are common to any Linux system.
Supported configurations: The RedCastle security service is not supported with WAS.
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. See Install 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 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
- rpm-build-4.4.2.3-9
- Required by ISMP to properly register products within the RPM database.
- 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 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 WAS. There are situations in which you might have 64-bit runtime support on these platforms only. However, various applications that are included with WAS v6.1 products and packages also require the 32-bit runtime support. Therefore, 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 we 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, we have only one version of the package installed. We 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 WAS 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 topic, proceed to the final step in Prepare Linux systems for installation.Prepare Linux systems for installation