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If you are using IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.1.1 or later, to run Python applications, you must upgrade the IBM Spectrum Symphony Developer Edition or client package to 7.1.1 or later.

• cURL version 7.28.0 or higher for transferring data using various protocols. Without the correct cURL version, the REST service might encounter errors. To work around this issue, see REST service is in ERROR state. Why?
• OpenSSL 1.0.1 or higher to support the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol. When OpenSSL is bundled with your cURL installation, the bundled OpenSSL version must be 1.0.1 or higher and the supported TLS version must include TLSv1.2. Without the correct versions, the REST service might encounter errors. To work around this issue, see REST service is in ERROR state. Why?
• The bc for mathematical calculations.
• The gettext library that provides globalization support for translated product messages. Without this library, you will encounter a gettext.sh: file not found or gettext: command not found error during installation. Typically, this library is installed with your operating system. To check your system for this library, run the which gettext command. If the command returns that the gettext library is not found, then you do not have the gettext library installed. To install it, run this command as root:

  yum install gettext

• The bind-utils package that provides the nslookup command-line tool.
• The ed Linux line-oriented text editor, which is required for running certain IBM Spectrum Symphony commands, such as egoinstallfixes.
• In addition, install these specific Linux packages, as applicable. Ensure you install these packages before you install IBM Spectrum Symphony:
  • For RHEL:
    • You can apply Fix 602717 on top of IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.3.2 on RHEL 10. Note, however, that the libcrypt.so.1 library has been deprecated, and is not included with RHEL 10. Ensure that you install the libxcrypt-compat package before installing IBM Spectrum Symphony. On your RHEL 10 management hosts, as root, run:

      yum install libxcrypt-compat

    • On RHEL 8 and 9 or later if you have an IBM Spectrum Symphony fix, install the libnsl package. You can run this command as root to install it:

      yum install libnsl

      Note: The libnsl package is not required if you have IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.3.2 with Fix 602717 or later. It is only required for RHEL 8 and 9 clusters prior to Fix 602717.
    • On RHEL 7 or later, install the net-tools package. You can run this command as root to install it:

      yum install net-tools

    • Ensure that either the fonts local.conf file is configured or the dejavu-serif-fonts package is installed. For more information, see the RHEL documentation:
      • Option 1: Create the /etc/fonts/local.conf file with the following contents:

        <?xml version='1.0'?>
        <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'>
        <fontconfig>
          <alias>
            <family>serif</family>
            <prefer><family>Utopia</family></prefer>
          </alias>
          <alias>
            <family>sans-serif</family>
            <prefer><family>Utopia</family></prefer>
          </alias>
          <alias>
            <family>monospace</family>
            <prefer><family>Utopia</family></prefer>
          </alias>
          <alias>
            <family>dialog</family>
            <prefer><family>Utopia</family></prefer>
          </alias>
          <alias>
            <family>dialoginput</family>
            <prefer><family>Utopia</family></prefer>
          </alias>
        </fontconfig>

      • Option 2: Run the yum install command to install the dejavu-serif-fonts package.
    • On SLES 15, install the net-tools package. You can run this command as root to install it:

      yum install net-tools

    • For Ubuntu:
      • You can apply Fix 602717 on top of IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.3.2 on Ubuntu 24.04.
      • Install the RPM utility by running the apt-get install rpm command.
      • Install the 32-bit compatibility libraries (lib32z1) by using the aptitude install lib32z1 command.