Category Archives: howto

Getting WebSphere Portal to install on Ubuntu

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Graham

Portal 6.1 will not install on Ubuntu out of the box. Here’s how to fix it. Continue reading →

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Configuring WCM email actions with a local SMTP server

Posted on April 20, 2009 by Graham

Detailed post about how to set up WCM’s email actions with a local SMTP and POP3 server on the same machine as your Portal server. Continue reading →

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java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /opt/WebSphere/AppServer/java/jre/bin/libawt.so: libXmu.so.6

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Graham

Graham looks at some additional Redhat packages that are required when you don’t install xorg on a Portal machine Continue reading →

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Can you tell me how to get, how to get to the Solaris boot prompt?

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Graham

Whenever I have to install Solaris (on SPARC), I never remember how to get it to boot from a cd.  Sparc machines have their own bios system, which comes up as a  this minimal, black on white serif-ey command prompt. … Continue reading →

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Checking the version of the Oracle JDBC driver jar

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Graham

How to check if you have the right version of the Oracle driver installed to use with WebSphere Portal. Two methods of checking this are discussed. Continue reading →

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