RE: RPM File

Posted in 1999

David M. Davisson — Thu, 18 Nov 1999 08:11:39 -0800 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

> From: "Alvin PALACIOS" <alpalaci@mnl-hub.dhl.com> > > > >I am not familiar w/ Linux so could anyone help me w/ this. I am trying > >to install Informix Online Dynamic server on a Linux machine however the > >file is in RPM format so what I did was perform the series of steps & > >don't know what to do after it .... > > > > * unzip IDS.zip > > * rpm -ivh <rpm_file> (Message was : Installing > > 110130311331742.RPM) > > > >Please advise on what should I do next after this to be able to extract > >the directories files inside the RPM file. This should extract all files to /opt/informix - usually an undesirable thing in Linux file systems. The IDS Linux install manual says that if you wish to install elsewhere you should: rpm -ivh --prefix $INFORMIXDIR *.rpm This will not work. I have found that: rpm -ivh --reloacte $INFORMIXDIR *.rpm does work. ------------ David M. Davisson Pacific Financial Printing 650-328-1500 davisson@pfp.net