Installing WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition on Windows, Linux, or UNIX platforms
To install WebSphere® MQ File Transfer Edition on UNIX and Linux systems, you must have write access to the locations that you want to use for the installation and data (configuration) directories. Do not use a tilde character (~) as a path prefix or include environment variables such as $HOME in the path. Specify the directory path name in full. If you use a tilde character or environment variable in a path it is not expanded correctly. This causes an installation error, meaning that the product is not installed and you must repeat the installation process. You can install to a non-system location if you do not have root access to the default installation location.
As part of the installation, you must enter the name of at least one WebSphere MQ queue manager. Create these queue managers before installing WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition Server: the installer does not create queue managers for you.