IBM Streams 4.2.1

Software requirements for the Quick Start Edition for Linux

Before you install the Quick Start Edition, ensure that you satisfy the software requirements for IBM® Streams. To check these requirements on your system, IBM Streams provides a dependency checker script that you run before installing the Quick Start Edition.

Operating system requirements

All IBM Streams hosts must run a supported version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), the Community Enterprise Operating System (CentOS), or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES).

The following table lists the supported operating system versions on x86_64 and IBM Power Systems™.

Table 1. Supported operating system versions for IBM Streams
Operating system	System hardware and architecture	Supported operating system versions
RHEL	x86_64	Version 6.6, or later
	x86_64	Version 7.0, or later
	ppc64 (big endian) IBM Streams supports the IBM Power Systems POWER7® and POWER8® processors.	Version 6.6, or later
		Version 7.0, or later
	ppc64le (little endian) IBM Streams supports the IBM Power Systems POWER8 processor.	Version 7.1, or later
CentOS	x86_64	Version 6.6, or later
CentOS	x86_64	Version 7.0, or later
SLES	x86_64	Version 11.2, or later

Java requirements and options

For application development, IBM Streams supports the IBM SDK Java™ Technology Edition Version 8 and the Java SE Development Kit 8 from Oracle.

The IBM SDK is installed when you install the Quick Start Edition.

Required RPMs

To operate correctly, IBM Streams requires a set of prerequisite RPMs.

The dependency checker script that you run before installing the Quick Start Edition identifies any required RPMs that are not installed. This script assumes that you have installed the minimum required RPMs for your operating system.