Re: hi Cant load informix online 5.2 on linux -8 ( rpm file)

Posted in 2003

Topics: Installation, Setup & Upgrades, Platform-Specific Issues

RATHER — Tue, 30 Dec 2003 08:19:02 +0300 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Hi all And Thanks Mr Tsutomu and mr Fernando Ortiz, I am trying to install in different filesystem thatn /opt/informix i have created /usr/informix and want ot install it in the " /usr/infomix " directory. not in /opt/informix. Any more sugesstion please. Thanks nad Regards Happy new year to all Over here and there. RATHORE ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fernando Ortiz" <fortiz@lacorona.com.mx> To: "RATHER" <myzahoor@yahoo.co.uk>; <informix-list@iiug.org> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 5:47 PM Subject: Re: hi Cant load informix online 5.2 on linux -8 ( rpm file) > Hi, > > As Tsutomu said it's a bug in the RPM package of Red Hat 8, I know two > workarounds: > > 1. - When you get the error message type 'OVERRIDE', (all caps and without > the apostrophe). > > 2 . > export RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/informix > export INFORMIXDIR=/opt/informix> install without any relocation > > HTH > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "RATHER" <myzahoor@yahoo.co.uk> > To: <informix-list@iiug.org> > Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 11:57 PM > Subject: hi Cant load informix online 5.2 on linux -8 ( rpm file) > > > > Hello friends > > > > REcently i download Informix online5.2 ffrom iiug.org site for Liunx. > > Now i am trying to load this online5.2 version on linux 8. I have already > > user informix created and am giving the followin coomand from the root. > > > > rpm -i --relocate /opt/informix=$INFORMIXDIR 110197612040731.RPM > > > > THIS gives me the following error: > > > > ERROR: INFORMIXDIR doest match the target directry name provided in the > rpm > > command. If you are not installing this product in the default > INFORMIXDIR > > name for Linux (/opt/informix), You must provide your INFORMIX dIRECTORY > > name with the -- prefix ( rpm 2.x Syntax) or -- relocated ( rpm 3.x > Syntax) > > paramater in your rpm -i command line. > > then again i used the following also but gives me the same error: > > > > rpm -i --prefix /usr/informix 110197612040731.RPM > > > > So pleaes anyone suggest me what t do next. > > > > REgards > > > > RATHORE > > > > > > > > sending to informix-list > > > sending to informix-list

↪ replying to RATHER

Neil Truby — Tue, 30 Dec 2003 10:30:16 -0000 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Install it in /opt/informix as required to do by the bug, then use find . -print | cpio -pvd or some other method to copy the contents of /opt/informix to /usr/informix. "RATHER" <myzahoor@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:bsr34p$pvg$1@terabinaries.xmission.com... > > Hi all > And Thanks Mr Tsutomu and mr Fernando Ortiz, > > I am trying to install in different filesystem thatn /opt/informix > i have created /usr/informix and want ot install it in the " /usr/infomix " > directory. > not in /opt/informix. > Any more sugesstion please. > > Thanks nad Regards > > Happy new year to all Over here and there. > > RATHORE > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fernando Ortiz" <fortiz@lacorona.com.mx> > To: "RATHER" <myzahoor@yahoo.co.uk>; <informix-list@iiug.org> > Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 5:47 PM > Subject: Re: hi Cant load informix online 5.2 on linux -8 ( rpm file) > > > > Hi, > > > > As Tsutomu said it's a bug in the RPM package of Red Hat 8, I know two > > workarounds: > > > > 1. - When you get the error message type 'OVERRIDE', (all caps and without > > the apostrophe). > > > > 2 . > > export RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/informix > > export INFORMIXDIR=/opt/informix> > install without any relocation > > > > HTH > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "RATHER" <myzahoor@yahoo.co.uk> > > To: <informix-list@iiug.org> > > Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 11:57 PM > > Subject: hi Cant load informix online 5.2 on linux -8 ( rpm file) > > > > > > > Hello friends > > > > > > REcently i download Informix online5.2 ffrom iiug.org site for Liunx. > > > Now i am trying to load this online5.2 version on linux 8. I have > already > > > user informix created and am giving the followin coomand from the root. > > > > > > rpm -i --relocate /opt/informix=$INFORMIXDIR 110197612040731.RPM > > > > > > THIS gives me the following error: > > > > > > ERROR: INFORMIXDIR doest match the target directry name provided in the > > rpm > > > command. If you are not installing this product in the default > > INFORMIXDIR > > > name for Linux (/opt/informix), You must provide your INFORMIX > dIRECTORY > > > name with the -- prefix ( rpm 2.x Syntax) or -- relocated ( rpm 3.x > > Syntax) > > > paramater in your rpm -i command line. > > > then again i used the following also but gives me the same error: > > > > > > rpm -i --prefix /usr/informix 110197612040731.RPM > > > > > > So pleaes anyone suggest me what t do next. > > > > > > REgards > > > > > > RATHORE > > > > > > > > > > > > sending to informix-list > > > > > > > > sending to informix-list