Re: OT: Informix support for various Linux distributions

On Friday 14 October 2005 12:58, Davorin Kremenjas wrote: > To broaden the question: suppose I want to run IDS on one of the other > Linux distros (other than RHEL, SLES, and other listed distros). > Would it be enough to respect kernel, glibc and compiler versions > included in supported distributions to expect to run IDS smoothly? > > An example: let's say I have a stable Debian distro with kernel 2.4.21, > glibc 2.3.2 and gcc 3.2.3 (same values listed for RHEL) and I want to > run IDS 10.00.UC3R1 on it. There are some more general requirements for running IDS 10 on Linux: - i686 compatible processor - Linux kernel 2.4.21 or higher - glibc 2.3.2 or higher (i686 version) - libstdc++.so.5 - libpam.so.0 - for use of KAIO only: install libaio-0.3.96 or later - for use of ISM only: install ksh or pdksh install glibc-devel (ism_startup script checks for /usr/lib/libc.so) - for use of graphical tools only: install openmotif-2.2.2 or later - do not use Reiser file system (reiserfs) for chunks due to performance reasons - further information is available in IDS machine notes: $INFORMIXDIR/release/en_us/0333/ids_machine_notes_10.00.txt I installed IDS 10 on Debian Sarge (kernel 2.6.6) with following workarounds: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 is missing: apt-get install libstdc++5 Add RPM and initialize it: apt-get install rpm mkdir /var/lib/rpm rpm --initdb Query all packages should run without error and print nothing: rpm -qa cd $INFORMIXDIR install_rpm -acceptlicense=yes if "oninit -v" hangs in ADM VP: The glibc build for i686 processor should be installed automatically if a i686 or higher optimized kernel is selected in Debian installer. Otherwise it must be installed manually: apt-get install libc6-i686 > I suppose I couldn't get Informix support, but can I expect IDS to run > OK? If required you should try to get technical support for Debian in your support contract. Probably IDS run on other Linux distributions OK, but its not officially tested. Some workarounds may be required (see above) and something may not work as expected. Andreas > I wouldn't put it in a production but it would be very useful to > have such configuration for running Informix courses (which I will start > to do in a not-so-distant future). > I'd appreciate any comments. sending to informix-list