Re: Installation Order

I now make it a policy to install tools in one directory structure, engines in another. That way the order of installation is unimportant. regards Malcolm --- Rajib Sarkar <rsarkar@us.ibm.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi David, > I would suggest sticking to the "TEN" formula. The > only difference between > 7 and 9 was that the "N = Network ~ CSDK" part was > decoupled from the rest > and can be installed independently i.e. it can be > before or after the > engine. Since, you are doing only Tools and Engine, > I would suggest > installing the Tools first and then the Engine. > > HTH > > Thanx much, > > Rajib Sarkar > Advisory Software Engineer > DB2/UDB Regional Advanced Support > IBM Data Management Group > > > If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we > would literally > astound ourselves. -- T. Edison > > > > > > "David E. Grove" > > <david_grove@corr > > ect.state.ak.us> > To > Sent by: > informix-list@iiug.org > owner-informix-li > cc > st@iiug.org > > > Subject > Installation > Order > 07/13/2004 10:25 > > AM > > > > > > Please respond to > > "David E. Grove" > > > > > > > > > > We are upgrading a legacy system. But, I have not > performed an Informix > install for several years. So... > > I want to install ISQL, 4GL (C Compiler) v7.32, and > IDS v9.4.FCx on a > Solaris 9 platform. > > From many years ago, I seem to remember TEN (Tools, > Engine, Network) from > an > Informix class. Also, v7.32 "IBM Informix 4GL > Installation Guide" is > consistent with that-- it directs that tools be > installed first: "...you > must install themn in a spedific order, as follows: > 1. Application > development tools 2. SQL APIs 3. Database > servers..." > > However, the 9.2x "Installation Guide Informix > Dynamic Server.2000" says on > p. 8, "The database server must be installed before > other products can be > installed. Install products in the following order: > 1. Install Dynamic > Server. 2. Install Client SDK. 3. Install Informix > Tools... " > > So, two official Informix install documents require > mutually exclusive > installation orders. Of course, those documents > were not published at the > same time, and that's even more mysterious because > it is the older one > (9.2x) that contradicts the "traditional" wisdom of > TEN. > > The 9.4 "IBM Informix Dynamic Server Installation > Guide for Unix and Linux" > doesn't seem even to mention order of installation. > So, the newer > documentation doesn't seem to help me resolve the > question. > > I always thought that the order had to do with files > being overwritten, > and, > maybe(?)creatingthe proper (i.e., expected/assumed) > directory structure. > > Does install order matter anymore? If so, can > anyone list the current > correct install order for ISQL, 4GL, and IDS? > > Thank you. > > > -- > David Grove > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - - - - - - - - - - - > "I think not," said Descartes, and disappeared. > > > sending to informix-list