Informix SE on Linux (brain dead problem)

Posted in 1999

Topics: Installation, Setup & Upgrades, Platform-Specific Issues

James Kimble — Wed, 27 Jan 1999 21:33:14 -0500 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

I know I'm gonna get hammered for a dumb question but I'm stuck. I downloaded Informix SE and untared it into dirs. All went well until I ran install and I get the message: "INFORMIXDIR not set" (or something close to that) ???! OK, I admit "INFORMIXDIR" is not set but I haven't a clue what to set it to. Any suggestions..... anyone..... anyone? jkimble@one.net

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Nick Lefel — Thu, 28 Jan 1999 08:21:41 +0100 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Hi James, INFORMIXDIR needs to point to the directory in which you put the informix dirs. They are the etc, bin, release and so on. This env. variable and PATH need to be set for ALL users who want/need to access the informix database(s). PATH needs to be $INFORMIXDIR/bin Cheers Nick James Kimble schrieb: > I know I'm gonna get hammered for a dumb question but I'm > stuck. I downloaded Informix SE and untared it into dirs. All > went well until I ran install and I get the message: > > "INFORMIXDIR not set" (or something close to that) > > ???! OK, I admit "INFORMIXDIR" is not set but I haven't a > clue what to set it to. Any suggestions..... anyone..... anyone? > > jkimble@one.net

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Walter Harms — 28 Jan 1999 09:10:46 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Nick Lefel <Nick_Lefel_akh@csi.com> writes: >Hi James, >INFORMIXDIR needs to point to the directory in which you >put the informix dirs. They are the etc, bin, release and so on. >This env. variable and PATH need to be set for ALL users who want/need >to access >the informix database(s). PATH needs to be $INFORMIXDIR/bin >Cheers Nick >James Kimble schrieb: >> I know I'm gonna get hammered for a dumb question but I'm >> stuck. I downloaded Informix SE and untared it into dirs. All >> went well until I ran install and I get the message: >> >> "INFORMIXDIR not set" (or something close to that) >> >> ???! OK, I admit "INFORMIXDIR" is not set but I haven't a >> clue what to set it to. Any suggestions..... anyone..... anyone? >> >> jkimble@one.net do your self a favour and read the linux-informix.faq itz has a lot of usefull hints and a step by step installation procedure. Something informix forget to provide with there file. walter -- ----- "Nobody would have the gumption to tell the captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise he couldn't have his doctor, his dentist, his favorite carpenter, or his dog groomer at his side if he wanted to, security clearance or not." -----

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Brad Kittredge — Thu, 28 Jan 1999 19:38:37 -0800 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

I've just set the following environment variables in the .bash_profile if the home directory of user Informix and user dba: INFORMIXDIR=/opt/informix INFORMIXSERVER=demo_se (or whatever your server name is in$INFORMIXDIR/etc/sqlhosts) PATH=$PATH:$INFORMIXDIR/bin then in the EXPORT line in .bash_profile, I append INFORMIXDIR INFORMIXSERVER PATH to the end, and now every time this user logs in, Informix is available. If you don't want to let any other users have access to Informix, exclude appending to the EXPORT line. It seems to work for me. >James Kimble schrieb: > >> I know I'm gonna get hammered for a dumb question but I'm >> stuck. I downloaded Informix SE and untared it into dirs. All >> went well until I ran install and I get the message: >> >> "INFORMIXDIR not set" (or something close to that) >> >> ???! OK, I admit "INFORMIXDIR" is not set but I haven't a >> clue what to set it to. Any suggestions..... anyone..... anyone? >> >> jkimble@one.net > > >