Applying maintenance level updates on Linux Ubuntu using Debian packages

Follow these instructions to apply a maintenance level update to IBM® MQ on Linux® using Debian packages.

1. Stop all IBM MQ applications that are associated with the installation you are modifying, if you have not already done so.
2. Log in as root.
3. Go to the local directory where the file for the maintenance level update is located.
4. Unpack the file using the following command:

   tar -zxvf maintName.tar.gz

   where maintName is the name of the file you want to install.
5. Use the apt management tool to install the IBM MQ packages that you want, along with their dependency packages:
   1. Use the cd command and go to the /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory:

      cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d

   2. Use the vi command to update the IBM_MQ.list file:

      vi IBM_MQ.list

      This file should contain the deb entry for the location of the directory that contains the IBM MQ packages for the maintenance level update.
   3. Add the following line to the end of the file:

      
      deb [trusted=yes] file:maintFileLocation ./

      where maintFileLocation is the directory where the unpacked files are located.
6. Use the apt command to install the update. For example, to install IBM MQ 9.3.0 Fix Pack 1, use the following command:

   apt-get install "ibmmq-*-u9301*"

   For other maintenance levels, change the 9301 VRMF to the appropriate VRMF number.
7. Issue the following command to show the installed file sets for IBM MQ in the Debian database:

   apt-get list 'ibmmq-*'

8. Use the dspmqver command to verify that the version is as expected:

   dspmqver