Re: informix for linux, install?

Posted in 1998

Jonathan Leffler — Sat, 01 Aug 1998 21:55:56 -0700 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

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... -- Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@informix.com, jleffler@earthlink.net) Guardian of DBD::Informix v0.59 -- see http://www.perl.com/CPAN #include <disclaimer.h>