How to Install ActiveMQ on Manjaro

Apache ActiveMQ is a message broker that enables communication between distributed applications. Here's how to install it on Manjaro.

Prerequisites

• Manjaro installation with root or sudo privileges
• Java 8 or later

Step 1 — Install ActiveMQ

1. Open the terminal with root or sudo privileges.
2. Run the following command to download Apache ActiveMQ:

sudo wget https://archive.apache.org/dist/activemq/5.15.13/apache-activemq-5.15.13-bin.tar.gz

3. Extract the downloaded archive using the following command:

sudo tar -zxvf apache-activemq-5.15.13-bin.tar.gz

4. Move the extracted folder to /opt directory:

sudo mv apache-activemq-5.15.13 /opt/

Step 2 — Start ActiveMQ

1. Open the terminal and navigate to the /opt/apache-activemq-5.15.13/bin folder.
2. Run the following command:

sudo ./activemq start

Step 3 — Verification

1. Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8161/admin/.
2. Enter admin as the username and password to login.
3. If you are able to login, you have successfully installed Apache ActiveMQ on Manjaro.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you have learned how to install Apache ActiveMQ on Manjaro. This is just the first step of configuring and using this messaging service. You can refer to the documentation on the official website to learn more about its utilization.

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