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.