Re: OT: Informix support for various Linux distributions

Andreas, thanks for all this info. I suppose this is as detailed as it gets. It will definitively speed things up for me. Regards Davorin Kremenjas "Andreas Breitfeld" <abreitfe@de.ibm.com> wrote in message news:1129309831.89e37e79d6ac877dd7fe253cc7f542f1@teranews... > > On Friday 14 October 2005 12:58, Davorin Kremenjas wrote: >> To broaden the question: suppose I want to run IDS on one of the other >> Linux distros (other than RHEL, SLES, and other listed distros). >> Would it be enough to respect kernel, glibc and compiler versions >> included in supported distributions to expect to run IDS smoothly? >> >> An example: let's say I have a stable Debian distro with kernel 2.4.21, >> glibc 2.3.2 and gcc 3.2.3 (same values listed for RHEL) and I want to >> run IDS 10.00.UC3R1 on it. > There are some more general requirements for running IDS 10 on Linux: > > - i686 compatible processor > > - Linux kernel 2.4.21 or higher > - glibc 2.3.2 or higher (i686 version) > > - libstdc++.so.5 > - libpam.so.0 > > - for use of KAIO only: > install libaio-0.3.96 or later > > - for use of ISM only: > install ksh or pdksh > install glibc-devel (ism_startup script checks for /usr/lib/libc.so) > > - for use of graphical tools only: > install openmotif-2.2.2 or later > > - do not use Reiser file system (reiserfs) for chunks due to > performance reasons > > - further information is available in IDS machine notes: > $INFORMIXDIR/release/en_us/0333/ids_machine_notes_10.00.txt > > > I installed IDS 10 on Debian Sarge (kernel 2.6.6) with following > workarounds: > > /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 is missing: > apt-get install libstdc++5 > > Add RPM and initialize it: > apt-get install rpm > mkdir /var/lib/rpm > rpm --initdb > > Query all packages should run without error and print nothing: > rpm -qa > > cd $INFORMIXDIR > install_rpm -acceptlicense=yes > > if "oninit -v" hangs in ADM VP: > The glibc build for i686 processor should be installed automatically if a > i686 or higher optimized kernel is selected in Debian installer. Otherwise > it must be installed manually: > apt-get install libc6-i686 > > >> I suppose I couldn't get Informix support, but can I expect IDS to run >> OK? > > If required you should try to get technical support for Debian in your > support contract. > Probably IDS run on other Linux distributions OK, but its not officially > tested. Some workarounds may be required (see above) and something may not > work as expected. > > Andreas > > >> I wouldn't put it in a production but it would be very useful to >> have such configuration for running Informix courses (which I will start >> to do in a not-so-distant future). >> I'd appreciate any comments. > sending to informix-list