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Install Java 5 EE and IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition V2 on openSUSE, Part 1

Paul Coates, Advisory Software Engineer, IBM
Paul Coates, an Advisory Software Engineer with the IBM Developer Skills team, has over 25 years of IT experience as a programmer, software architect, and consultant. Today he focuses on sharing that experience and his insight with developers. Paul consults and creates technical content on open source, open community, WebSphere, Rational, and other technologies for developerWorks.

Summary:  This demo shows how to extract and install the IBM Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5 (Java EE 5) SDK that is bundled with the IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition application on the openSUSE Linux platform. It also highlights the key parameters required to configure a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) in the .bash_profile as well as point out how the default JVM and WebSphere Application Server Community Edition installation enables access for multiple users. Part 2 of this demo shows how to install WebSphere Application Server Community Edition V2 on openSUSE Linux.

Date:  08 May 2008
Level:  Introductory

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This demo shows how to extract and install the IBM® Java™ Platform, Enterprise Edition 5 (Java EE 5) SDK that is bundled with IBM® WebSphere® Application Server Community Edition on the openSUSE Linux platform. It also highlights the key parameters required to configure a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) in the .bash_profile as well as point out how the default JVM and WebSphere Application Server Community Edition installation enables access for multiple users. Part 2 of this demo shows how to install WebSphere Application Server Community Edition V2 on openSUSE Linux®.

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Paul Coates, an Advisory Software Engineer with the IBM Developer Skills team, has over 25 years of IT experience as a programmer, software architect, and consultant. Today he focuses on sharing that experience and his insight with developers. Paul consults and creates technical content on open source, open community, WebSphere, Rational, and other technologies for developerWorks.

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