Re: informix for linux, install?

: Wu Guofu wrote: : > Hi, a linux newbie's question(don't turn away!): I installed Linux using : > a slackware package. The kernal is 2.0.29 version. Informix say they : > provide supports for Caldera and S.u.S.E version of linux. Just : > wondering if I can install informix on my machine. : > Some confused by some many version of linux(es) around... : You can almost certainly install it -- it might even work. : The Caldera kernel is 2.0.33; I don't know that it will matter that : the Slackware kernel is older. You may have problems if Slackware : uses glibc (libc6), or you may be OK. It appears that the software : can work on RedHat which has glibc, even though it was compiled on : Caldera 1.2 which uses libc5. : Let us know what you find out... : -- thanks for your response. I install it and am now learning hard to use it. I have a libc5 in my machine. Will informix run only if there is a libc5, no matter what kind of linux it is? anyway, I am happy. thanks ==================================