This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing ActiveMQ on Elementary OS Latest.
Before installing any new software, it's always recommended to update the system to ensure that you have the latest updates and security patches installed.
To update your system, open the terminal and run the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
ActiveMQ is built using Java, so you'll need to install Java on your system before you can install ActiveMQ. To install Java, run the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install default-jre
Visit the ActiveMQ website at https://activemq.apache.org/ to download the latest version of ActiveMQ.
Once you’ve downloaded the package file, extract the files to your preferred directory. For example, you can extract the files to the /opt directory by running the following command:
sudo tar -zxvf apache-activemq-5.16.3-bin.tar.gz -C /opt
To use ActiveMQ properly, you need to set some environment variables. To do this, open the terminal and edit the .bashrc file with your preferred text editor. For example, to use the Nano editor, run the following command:
nano ~/.bashrc
Add the following lines to the end of the .bashrc file:
export ACTIVEMQ_HOME=/opt/apache-activemq-5.16.3
export PATH=$PATH:$ACTIVEMQ_HOME/bin
Save and close the file, then run the following command in the terminal to update your changes:
source ~/.bashrc
To start ActiveMQ, open the terminal and run the following command:
activemq start
This command will start the ActiveMQ server and you should see some log output in your terminal. Once the server is running, you can access the ActiveMQ web console by navigating to http://localhost:8161/admin/ in your web browser.
Congratulations! You’ve successfully installed ActiveMQ on Elementary OS Latest. Now you can start using ActiveMQ to build your messaging system.
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