You must complete additional steps to prepare a Red Hat Enterprise
Linux Version 3 system for a WebSphere Application Server installation.
About this task
In addition to the common steps required for installing any Linux
system, a few system specific steps are required for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Version 3.
Ensure that your installation of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 3 has been upgraded to service level 2 (update 2) or later.
If you have not upgraded the service level, certain national language issues
in the released version of GLIBC included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 might
cause Java virtual machine (JVM) failures that manifest as segmentation faults.
These failures can occur during installation when the locale is set to anything
other than an English locale.
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 Installing and verifying Linux packages
for
more information.
Procedure
- If you have a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 for xSeries platform,
install the following packages.
- compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.122
- Required for C++ runtime compatibility. Used by such components as GSKit,
the Java 2 Software Development Kit (SDK), and Web server plug-ins for WebSphere
Application Server.
- compat-db-4.0.14-5
- Required by some IBM HTTP Server modules. The modules use the libraries
contained within this RPM package.
- rpm-build-4.2.1-4.2
- InstallShield for Multiplatforms (ISMP) requires the package to properly
register products with the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) database.
- If you intend to compile Java Native Interface (JNI) libraries
on the system, install RPM packages that are recommended for developing and
building JNI libraries for use by your Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications.
The needed packages are:
- compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.122
- compat-libstdc++-devel-7.3-2.96.122
- compat-glibc-7.x-2.2.4.32.5
- compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.122
If you do not intend to compile JNI libraries on the system, you do
not have to install these packages.
- If you have an iSeries platform or pSeries platform, install the
rpm-build-4.2.1-4.2 package.
InstallShield for Multiplatforms
(ISMP) requires the package to properly register products with the Red Hat
Package Manager (RPM) database.
- If you have Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 for S/390 (z/VM or VM/ESA)
platform, install the following packages.
- compat-db-4.0.14-5
Required by some IBM HTTP Server modules. The modules
use the libraries contained within this RPM package.
- compat-pwdb-0.62-3
- compat-libstdc++-7.2-2.95.3.77
Required for C++ runtime compatibility.
Used by such components as GSKit, the Java 2 Software Development Kit (SDK),
and Web server plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server.
- rpm-build-4.2.1-4.2
Required by InstallShield for Multiplatforms (ISMP)
to properly register products with the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) database.
You can install a later release of any of these packages.
Results
If you do not install all of the required packages, the product will
not perform as intended.