IBM® WebSphere® Application Server installation requirements

To meet the IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) installation requirements, several packages were installed as specified in the WAS documentation.

For more information, refer to the WAS Version 8 information center:

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/was/8.5.5?topic=websphere-application-server-distributed-operating-systems-version-855

Websphere Application Server (Distributed operating systems), Version 8.0 > Installing and configuring your application serving environment > Distributed operating systems > Preparing the operating system for product installation > Preparing Linux systems for installation

In addition, a web browser (for example, Mozilla Firefox) is required for the WAS administration console after the installation is complete.

Tip: One possible way to export GUIs from applications running on the WAS server to other desktops is to install the xorg-x11-Xvnc package on the WAS or the database server. You can log in to the servers using X11 forwarding for example, ssh -X user@server. Any GUIs are exported to the local X Server afterwards.