Before you install IBM®
WebSphere® Application Server on Ubuntu, you must prepare the operating
system.
About this task
Some WebSphere Application Server components have prerequisites that might
not be available by default on all operating system installations.
Procedure
- Verify that the system prerequisites are installed.
To install the complete set of packages that might be required by any hardware platform, run the
following command:
apt-get install libxtst6 libgtk2.0-bin libxft2
- Optional: Change the default shell to bash by running the following command and choosing
no.
dpkg-reconfigure dash
- For Ubuntu on POWER® Little Endian (LE), review the
following platform-specific limitations:
- Edge Caching Proxy is not supported on this architecture.
- Load Balancer for IPv4 and IPv6 components Content Based Routing (CBR) and Site
Selector are not supported.
- Load Balancer for IPv4 and IPv6 requires the IBM Advanced Toolchain 7.1 runtime packages. For more information, see the IBM Advance Toolchain for PowerLinux™ documentation.