Re: failed to install IDS 9.40.UC5 for Linux 32-bit

Posted in 2005

Zackery England — Tue, 31 May 2005 10:57:48 -0500 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

This is a multipart message in MIME format. --=_alternative 0057A83086257012_= Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" The rpms must be installed in the order of msg, gls, and server because the server installation requires the message files to be present. Using the installserver script will take care of all of these details for you. Thanks, Zack England Software Engineer Information Management Division IBM Software Group frnurk <frnurk@here.there.com> Sent by: owner-informix-list@iiug.org 05/29/2005 07:45 AM Please respond to frnurk To: informix-list@iiug.org cc: Subject: Re: failed to install IDS 9.40.UC5 for Linux 32-bit Hi Gerado, you need to extract the cpio archive to $INFORMIXDIR and then run the install_server script as root. Cheers, In article <65461b00c684a5e559f5707525762550 @localhost.talkaboutdatabases.com>, egmondragonm@yahoo.com says... > I tried to install it on Mandrake 10.1 kernel 2.6.8 > I downloaded the trial version from the IBM site, I could not find > instructions on how to install it in such page, so I followed the general > instructions for a Linux RPM system > > 1.- Downloaded the file > 2.- Login as root. > 3.- cpio -icmv < IDS_file > It extracted 3 rpm files ( gls, messages and IIF ) and 3 installation > scripts > 4.- set the INFORMIXDIR variable to /opt/informix > 5.- rpm -iv --relocate /opt/informix $INFORMIXDIR *.rpm > I had few problems with the libraries but I downloded the missing library > and completed the installation. > > NOTE: It never asked me for the Serial number and activation key. > > It created all the Informix's directories ( bin, demo, doc, etc) > > I tried to test the installation and I ran: > /opt/informix/bin/onmonitor > > but it complain that the serial key and registration is missing. > > Did somebody run into the same problem? > Am I missing something? > > Regards > > Gerardo. > > --=_alternative 0057A83086257012_= Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" The rpms must be installed in the order of msg, gls, and server because the server installation requires the message files to be present. Using the installserver script will take care of all of these details for you. Thanks, Zack England Software Engineer Information Management Division IBM Software Group         <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td> <td>frnurk <frnurk@here.there.com> Sent by: owner-informix-list@iiug.org 05/29/2005 07:45 AM Please respond to frnurk <td>                To:        informix-list@iiug.org         cc:                 Subject:        Re: failed to install IDS 9.40.UC5 for Linux 32-bit</table> <tt>Hi Gerado, you need to extract the cpio archive to $INFORMIXDIR and then run the install_server script as root. Cheers, In article <65461b00c684a5e559f5707525762550 @localhost.talkaboutdatabases.com>, egmondragonm@yahoo.com says... > I tried to install it on Mandrake 10.1 kernel 2.6.8 > I downloaded the trial version from the IBM site, I could not find > instructions on how to install it in such page, so I followed the general > instructions for a Linux RPM system > > 1.- Downloaded the file > 2.- Login as root. > 3.- cpio -icmv < IDS_file > It extracted 3 rpm files ( gls, messages and IIF ) and 3 installation > scripts > 4.- set the INFORMIXDIR variable to /opt/informix > 5.- rpm -iv --relocate /opt/informix $INFORMIXDIR *.rpm > I had few problems with the libraries but I downloded the missing library > and completed the installation. > > NOTE: It never asked me for the Serial number and activation key. > > It created all the Informix's directories ( bin, demo, doc, etc) > > I tried to test the installation and I ran: > /opt/informix/bin/onmonitor > > but it complain that the serial key and registration is missing. > > Did somebody run into the same problem? > Am I missing something? > > Regards > > Gerardo. > > </tt> --=_alternative 0057A83086257012_=-- sending to informix-list