Re: informix for linux, install?

Wu Guofu wrote: > > : 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... > > : -- > thanks for your response. I install it and am now learning hard to use > it. I have a libc5 in my machine. Will informix run only if there is a > libc5, no matter what kind of linux it is? > > anyway, I am happy. thanks Yes you need libc5 installed. Red Hat 5.x+ installs libc5 in addition to libc6 (glibc) so the release works there. You would need such a dual installation if you chose to switch to the latest slackware release and installed libc6 as the system libraries. Art S. Kagel