Client Installation procedure

Before you start the installation procedure:
This installation procedure uses the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) installer, enabling you to choose which components you want to install. The components (or filesets) are listed in WMQ Components; you must install at least the Runtime and Client components.
  1. Log in as root.
  2. If you are installing from the CD-ROM, mount the CD-ROM file system, and change into the directory corresponding to the type of client you are installing, MQClient or MQClientwithSSL
  3. Run the mqlicense.sh script. If you want to view a text-only version of license, which can be read by a screen-reader, type:
    ./mqlicense.sh -text_only
    The license is displayed.
    If want to accept the license without it being displayed, you can run the mqlicense.sh script with the -accept option.
    ./mqlicense.sh -accept

    You must accept the license agreement before you can proceed with the installation.

  4. Use the rpm -ivh command to install each component that you require. For example: On x86 architecture, enter the following commands for a minimum installation:
    rpm -ivh MQSeriesRuntime-6.0.0-0.i386.rpm MQSeriesClient-6.0.0-0.i386.rpm
    Note: Ensure that /bin/sh is a valid shell interpreter compatible with the Bourne shell, otherwise the post-installation configuration of WebSphere® MQ will not complete successfully.

    If your Linux® machine was not installed with RPM, you might see a prerequisites failure of /bin/sh when you try to install WebSphere MQ. This is because the RPM tables do not recognize that a valid shell interpreter is installed.

    If this occurs, you can reinstall the /bin/sh shell using RPM, or specify the RPM option --nodeps to disable dependency checking during installation of WebSphere MQ.