IFX on Linux

I want to install Informix on my Redhat 6.2 Linux.... I've done it several times, but can't get it all right at the same time. I want to run informix on my Linux box, and connect to it from my Windoze box. I have downloaded IDS730UC10.rpm, and CSDK240_UC1_linux.rpm Which do I install first... The way I under stand it, CSDK has the ESQL files in it.... I have all my env-variables set. Please instruct as to the order of install... I keep getting errors like "cannot find clientsdkcontent file"... Thanks, Greg

Greg wrote: > I want to install Informix on my Redhat 6.2 Linux.... I've done it > several times, but can't get it all right at the same time. > > I want to run informix on my Linux box, and connect to it from my > Windoze box. So you'll need to install IDS on the Linux box (you don't need CSDK for the Windows side to connect to it), and then you have to configure a server, including ensuring that you have it listening for network connection attempts from the PC. > I have downloaded IDS730UC10.rpm, and CSDK240_UC1_linux.rpm > > Which do I install first... The way I under stand it, CSDK has the ESQL > files in it.... IDS then CSDK, but you'll probably need the --force or similar options. > I have all my env-variables set. Please instruct as to the order of > install... I keep getting errors like "cannot find clientsdkcontent > file"... After you've extracted stuff from the RPM files, you have to run the Informix-style install scripts (AFAIK, and IIRC). A mighty pain it is too. I have CSDK 2.40 on my Linux box. The RPM file lists the files separately (rpm -qlp csdk-rpm-file), just the way you'd hope an RPM file would, rather than messing with clientsdkcontent.tar the way the earlier versions. But, installclientsdk does still seem to mention clientsdkcontent file. I installed this way back (2000-02-15), and I've forgotten what I had to do to get it to work, if anything. Look in the installclientsdk script...there's a line that reads: if test `uname` != Linux then echo "Extracting ... If your version of Linux doesn't say "Linux", that would trigger the problem. If that won't do it, then try running 'bash -x installclientsdk' and trapping both the stdout and stderr information: bash -x installclientsdk 2>&1 | tee csdk.log You can look through that and see what is causing the trouble -- though it may be tough going. -- Yours, Jonathan Leffler (Jonathan.Leffler@Informix.com) #include <disclaimer.h> Guardian of DBD::Informix v1.00.PC1 -- http://www.perl.com/CPAN "I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it!"