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. If certain items are not installed, it can install them.
Most of the components of WebSphere Business Integration Server Express or Express Plus for Linux will be installed on a Linux-based system. However, the non-web-based components from Toolset Express, which contains software tools that are required to administer the WebSphere Business Integration Express server, must be installed on a Windows client. Toolset Express contains the following:
The remainder of this manual discusses those components that are installed on the Linux system. For information about installing Toolset Express, refer to the WebSphere Business Integration Server Express Installation Guide for Windows.
The Launchpad offers two installation options: Typical and Custom.
The Typical installation automatically installs the following components on the Linux system:
The Typical installation also automatically detects whether you have the required prerequisite components and can install most of them for you.
The Custom installation allows you to choose which components to install. It, like the Typical installation, also detects whether the prerequisites are installed and can install them for you. See the section Deciding which components to install (Custom installation only) for descriptions of available components. For further information on the Custom installation, see the section Custom installation.
For more information on the Typical installation option, see the section Typical installation.
The installation instructions throughout this chapter assume the following:
This chapter contains the following sections:
See Appendix. Silently installing and uninstalling for instructions on performing silent installation and uninstallation.