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Chapter 6. Installing the Messaging Client Packages

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Red Hat JBoss A-MQ provides messaging clients as individual packages that you download from the Red Hat Customer Portal.

Required subscriptions
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In order to install the A-MQ client packages on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), you require subscriptions to both of the following Red Hat products:
  • Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.2.0 or 6.2.1
  • RHEL 5, 6, or 7

RPM repositories
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Enable the requisite RPM repository for your version of RHEL, as shown in the following table:
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Table 6.1. RPM Repositories for A-MQ Clients
Platform VersionRPM Repository
RHEL 7
a-mq-clients-1-for-rhel-7-server-rpms
RHEL 6
a-mq-clients-1-for-rhel-6-server-rpms
RHEL 5
a-mq-clients-1-for-rhel-5-server-rpms

Qpid JMS AMQP 1.0 Java client
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To install the Qpid JMS AMQP 1.0 Java client, enter the following command (as a superuser): 
# yum install qpid-jms-client qpid-jms-client-docs qpid-jms-client-examples qpid-jms-client-maven-repo
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Qpid C++ client
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To install the Qpid C++ client, enter the following command (as a superuser): 
# yum install qpid-cpp-client qpid-cpp-client-devel
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Important
The Qpid C++ client packages are currently not available for the following platform (processor) combinations: RHEL 5 (i686) and RHEL 6 (i686).

Python language bindings for Qpid Proton
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To install the Python language bindings for the Qpid Proton messaging framework, enter the following command (as a superuser): 
# yum install python-qpid-proton python-qpid-proton-doc
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The Qpid C++ client cannot be compiled from sources through the Client or ComputeNode channels on RHEL 6 (due to a missing dependency on the package, nss-devel). In order to compile from sources, it is recommended that you install the Qpid C++ client through the Server channel instead.
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