The WebSphere Business Integration Server Express or Express Plus system
can determine the prerequisite software needed for your installation based on
the components you plan to install. See the section Deciding which WebSphere Business Integration Server Express and Express Plus components to install for descriptions of available components. Certain
entries on the GUI screens have help icons next to them. When you
select an icon, a window opens with relevant information about the feature and
the prerequisites required for the feature.
To communicate to the system which components you plan to install, perform
the following steps:
- Select the Launchpad button labeled Install Product. The
Select User screen appears.
Figure 3. Select User screen

- On the Select User screen, type the name of the user who will install
WebSphere Business Integration Server Express or Express Plus (the user name
you created by following the instructions in Creating a user account), and then select Next. The Install Server
screen appears.
Figure 4. Install Server screen

- On the Install Server screen, the checkbox beside the entry
InterChange Server Express for Linux is selected by default.
Do one of the following:
- To install the InterChange Server Express component, select
Next.
- To not install the InterChange Server Express component,
unselect the checkbox and select Next.
The Install Tools screen appears.
Figure 5. Install Tools screen

- On the Install Tools screen, the checkbox beside the entry
Administrative tools is selected by default. Do one of the
following:
- To install the Administrative tools, select Next.
- To not install the Administrative tools , unselect the checkbox
and select Next.
The Install Adapters screen appears.
Figure 6. Install Adapters screen

- On the Install Adapters screen, do one of the following:
- Install all of the adapters by selecting the checkbox beside the entry
Select all Adapters and then selecting Next.
- Install selected adapters by selecting the checkbox beside each
individually and then selecting Next.
- Install no adapters by unselecting the checkbox beside the entry
Adapter for JText and then selecting Next.
- Note:
- The Adapter for JText is selected by default because it is required to run
the System Test sample, which is part of the Samples component. (The
Samples component can be selected from the Install Samples screen, described
in Step 6.)
The Install Samples screen appears.
- Important:
- You can install as many adapters as you want. However, a maximum of
three can be registered with the InterChange Server Express if you
are installing WebSphere Business Integration Server Express; a maximum
of five if you are installing WebSphere Business Integration Server
Express Plus.
Figure 7. Install Samples screen

- On the Install Samples screen, the checkbox beside
the entry Samples is selected by default. Do one of the
following:
- To install the Samples component, select Next.
- Note:
- The Samples component requires installation of the InterChange Server
Express, the Toolset Express, and the JText Adapter. Therefore, when
you elect to install the Samples component, the InterChange Server Express,
the Toolset Express, and the JText Adapter are installed as well, regardless
of whether you elected to install them in previous screens.
- To not install the Samples component, unselect the checkbox and
select Next.
The Software Prerequisites screen appears.
From the selections you made in the previous steps, the Launchpad
determines the software prerequisites needed for the components you are
installing, identifies whether any or all are installed on your system, and
posts the results of its analysis on the Software Prerequisites screen.
The list that appears on this screen for your particular system might contain
all or only some of the following entries, depending on which WebSphere
Business Integration Server Express or Express Plus components you elected to
install:
- A database (one of two supported)
- IBM WebSphere Application Server - Express V5.1
- IBM WebSphere MQ 5.3.0.2 CSD06 and higher CSD levels
- IBM Java Development Kit 1.3.1_07
The Launchpad displays the installation status of each prerequisite.
Status values can include Not Installed, Optional, or
OK, and for the database selection only, Not
Configured.
The following example Software Prerequisites screen from the Launchpad for
the WebSphere Business Integration Server Express Plus product shows the
results when the Launchpad finds only IBM Java Development Kit
1.3.1_07 and IBM WebSphere MQ 5.3.0.2 CSD06
installed.
Figure 8. Software Prerequisites screen before installing selected prerequisites

If any software program you require for your system has a status of
Not Installed or Optional, you can use the Launchpad to
install it. If you have a database installed and its status is Not
Configured, you can use the Launchpad to configure it. See Installing selected software prerequisites for information on which tasks the Launchpad can perform
related to each prerequisite.
