The system specifications, including hardware requirements, supported operating systems, and Web servers that are required to run ArcGIS Server for the Java Platform on UNIX/Linux are available at http://support.esri.com. Visit http://support.esri.com, select Software > ArcGIS Server > System Requirements and verify that your machine meets system requirements before installing ArcGIS Server for the Java Platform.
Supported operating systems
Sun Solaris 9
Sun Solaris 10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 4.0
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 with the compat-g77 package installed
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Remote installations
To install ArcGIS Server for the Java Platform remotely using the setup program dialogs, run the command xhost + to enable the X Windows display of a remote machine before running the setup program. On the machine used to view the setup program dialogs, set the DISPLAY environment variable to this machine.
Disk Space Requirements
Solaris |
3.5 GB |
Linux |
3.8 GB |
Temp space requirements
The ArcGIS Server setup program requires temporary space for the extraction of installer resources.
Solaris |
194 MB |
Linux |
174 MB |
By default, installer resources are extracted to the system /tmp directory. If the required space is not available in the /tmp directory, the setup program will attempt to extract installer resources to the user's HOME directory. If the required space is not available in the user's HOME directory, the setup program will report an error indicating this problem.
You may specify an alternate /tmp location by setting the following environment variable:
For c shell:
$ setenv IATEMPDIR /your/temp/space/directory
For bourne shell:
$ IATEMPDIR=/your/temp/space/directory
$ export IATEMPDIR
If the directory indicated by IATEMPDIR does not exist, the setup program will report an error indicating this problem.
Interaction between ArcGIS Server for the Java Platform 9.3 and ArcGIS products previous to 9.3
If the following products are installed on your machine and are a version previous to 9.3, they must be uninstalled before proceeding with the ArcGIS Server for the Java Platform setup:
ArcInfo Workstation
ArcReader standalone
ArcIMS
ArcGIS Server
ArcGIS Server Java ADF
ArcGIS Engine Runtime
ArcGIS Engine Developer Kit
The ArcGIS Server for the Java Platform setup will display a dialog if conflicting versions of these products exist on your machine. If so, you must uninstall these products, then run the ArcGIS Server for the Java Platform setup again to proceed with your installation.
The following are additional system requirements for the GIS Server (SOC and SOM).
Python
Python 2.5.1 is required to support certain core Geoprocessing tools. It is recommended that Python 2.5.1 is installed by the ArcGIS Server setup. Python 2.5.1 is included with the SOC installation feature.
OpenGL
ArcGIS Server for the Java Platform also requires OpenGL version 1.2 or higher. For Linux, XFree86 satisfies this requirement. The Red Hat distribution includes the XFree86 package.
ArcGIS Authorization file
Each ArcGIS Server Object Container machine requires an authorization file. See To obtain an authorization file for more information. Each new version of ArcGIS Server requires a new authorization file.
Ports
Ports 135, 3774, 8099, 2099, 8399, and 62000 should be available and open.
Edit the /etc/hosts file
The /etc/hosts file must contain a specific entry for ArcGIS Server. This entry should be separate from the localhost entry, and on its own line in the hosts file. The entry should have the following format:
<IP address> <machine name> <fully qualified domain name>
For example, 192.168.1.1 arcgisserver arcgisserver.esri.com
This allows the hostname command to return the Fully Qualified Domain Name, which is required by the Sun Directory Server embedded in ArcGIS Server to manage the local Server user database.
Installing regional fonts
To install fonts specific to your region, follow these steps:
1. Set the Regional Setting using mwcontrol. See the ESRI Knowledge Base Article 29495 for more information.
2. Copy the font into $MWHOME/fonts
Changing regional settings (locale) for ArcGIS Server
To setup Regional Settings (locale) on UNIX for ArcGIS Server see the ESRI Knowledge Base Article 29495.
ArcGIS Server can not be installed to the same location as any other ArcGIS product.
No other ArcGIS product can be installed as the ArcGIS Server user.
If ArcGIS Server is installed on a machine, you will only be able to install other ArcGIS products in single-user mode (not in multi-user mode).