You must complete additional steps to prepare a SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server Version 8 system for a WebSphere Application Server
installation.
About this task
In addition to the common steps required for installing any
Linux system, some additional steps are required for SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server Version 8.
Prepare the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8.0 -
Powered by UnitedLinux 1.0 operating platform for WebSphere Application
Server installation.
Procedure
- Install SP3 for the United Linux 1.0 operating platform
to enable you use the Launchpad.
It is your responsibility
to install this service pack. The prereqChecker function of the installer
cannot detect service pack versions definitively on United Linux.
Kernel unames and versions between 8.0 and 8.0.3 are identical. No
signature RPM denotes a service pack install.
- Use the IBM Software Developer Kit (SDK) that WebSphere
Application Server provides to support the Java 2 SDK on the SUSE
Linux Enterprise System 8.0 (SLES 8) operating system to avoid potential
problems when uninstalling an interim fix or a fix pack.
To
use the IBM Developer Kit, remove the java2-jre-1.3.1-524 and java2-1.3.1-524
RPMs from the machine before installing WebSphere Application Server.
- Correct font problems on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8.0
in Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese locales.
On
the Linux for Power platform that SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8.0
provides, a missing package causes a font problem. The ttf-hanyi package
is not installed during the normal product installation of the SUSE
8.0 operating system. The missing package causes the Installation
wizard for WebSphere Application Server products to display garbled
characters in the Simplified Chinese locale and in the Traditional
Chinese locale.
Copy the ttf-hanyi-2021016-0.noarch.rpm package
on the SUSE 8.0 for i386 CD to the Power PC system. Install the package
on the Power PC machine and reboot the machine to solve the problem.
Results
If you do not complete these fixes, you might encounter problems
when installing or using the product.