Re: Installing 4GL

Mark D. Stock (mdstock@informix.com) wrote: : Art S. Kagel wrote: : > : > Michel Behna wrote: : > > : > > I am trying to determine whether the following information is : > accurate: : > > We just purchased Informix 4GL and to install it, it seems we need : > to : > > install it first and then the Informix engine. Here's the rub: we : no : > > longer have the original installation media :-( and to reinstall : > Informix : > > 7.2 on our Solaris 2.5.1 Sun machine is not currently possible. : > > : > > Is there any truth to this information or am I being fed a line? I : > am : > > finding this hard to believe... so please clarify this for me. Is : > there a : > > work around to re-installing the engine? Maybe copy some files or : > > something like that... please help. : > > : > > I need authorative and definitive information on this situation so : I : > can : > > take it back to management. : > : > This used to be really critical. As of 7.1? (something) this : > requirement is supposed to be fixed. The problem was that the tools, : > which are usually a version behind the engine, overwrite the message : > files which the engine installs. If you tar your current installation : > first and then install 4GL you should be OK now. If not you will be : > able to restore the tar archive to fix anything that the 4GL install : > broke. BE SURE TO TAR AND UNTAR AS ROOT so that permissions are : > correct after restoring. : > : > Perhaps Jonathan or someone else from Informix will comment on this : > plan so you can feel more comfortable? : I don't know about the 7.1 story, but the tar story looks good. : You could also install 4GL into a new directory, then tar or cpio your : current directory over the new one, rm the current directory and rename : the new directory. I also don't know about the 7.1 story (gee, we Informixites are 0 for 2 now) but one thing that's helpful to know: as of version 6, a product can be re- installed (i.e. using the installonline script) without being re-read from the media. In older versions, you couldn't do this because once you branded an executable (using the install script), it couldn't be re-branded. Now, if your permissions etc. are messed up, you can re-run installonline (as root) and it will straighten out all your permissions. Just an FYI. June ---- June Tong Informix Software ---- ---- Senior Consultant (415) 926-6140 ---- ---- International Support junet@informix.com ---- ---- Location-du-jour: ? ---- * * Standard disclaimers apply * - Please do not send me requests/questions by mail. When I have the knowledge - and time permits, I try to answer questions on comp.databases.informix, but - travel schedule, time, and volume make responding to personal requests - difficult and often slow. Please call your local Informix Technical Support - organization for assistance with technical issues.