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

Just a thought. Do you have ids_install script extract rpm files ? OR Is Web page proviced serial/key ? -- Tsutomu Ogiwara from Tokyo Japan. ICQ#:168106592 >From: "Chivi" <egmondragonm@yahoo.com> >Reply-To: "Chivi" <egmondragonm@yahoo.com> >To: informix-list@iiug.org >Subject: failed to install IDS 9.40.UC5 for Linux 32-bit Date: Fri, 27 May >2005 21:05:17 -0400 > >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. > sending to informix-list