Installing the Streams Quick Start Edition for Linux

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The Streams Quick Start Edition (QSE) can help you get started with Streams quickly, without having to install a Streams cluster environment.

This guide takes you through the process of installing QSE Linux Edition.

Hardware Requirements

Component	Minimum requirements	Comments
System	x86_64 (64-bit)	IBM Streams supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
System	IBM® Power Systems™ (64-bit)	RHEL systems that are running little endian support on POWER8 processor.
Display	1280 x 1024	Lower resolutions are supported but not preferred for Streams Studio.
Memory	2 GB	The amount of memory that is required by IBM Streams is dependent on the applications that are developed and deployed. This minimum requirement is based on the memory requirements of the Commodity Purchasing sample application and other samples that are provided with the product.
Disk space	7.5 GB, if installing the main installation package	Includes disk space required for installation and development resources. For more information about installation packages, see Main and domain host installation packages for IBM Streams.
Disk space	2 GB, if installing the domain host installation package

Operating system	System hardware and architecture	Supported operating system versions
RHEL	x86_64 (64-bit)	Version 6.6, or later
	x86_64 (64-bit)	Version 7.0, or later
	IBM Power Systems (64-bit) IBM Streams supports the POWER8™ processors (little endian).	Version 7.1, or later

Refer to the Knowledge Center for install instructions: Install Instructions for Quick Start Edition for Linux

For details on system requirements for Streams QSE for Linux, refer to the Knowledge Center.