hi Cant load informix online 5.2 on linux -8 ( rpm file)

Posted in 2003

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

RATHER — Sat, 27 Dec 2003 08:57:45 +0300 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Hello friends REcently i download Informix online5.2 ffrom iiug.org site for Liunx. Now i am trying to load this online5.2 version on linux 8. I have already user informix created and am giving the followin coomand from the root. rpm -i --relocate /opt/informix=$INFORMIXDIR 110197612040731.RPM THIS gives me the following error: ERROR: INFORMIXDIR doest match the target directry name provided in the rpm command. If you are not installing this product in the default INFORMIXDIR name for Linux (/opt/informix), You must provide your INFORMIX dIRECTORY name with the -- prefix ( rpm 2.x Syntax) or -- relocated ( rpm 3.x Syntax) paramater in your rpm -i command line. then again i used the following also but gives me the same error: rpm -i --prefix /usr/informix 110197612040731.RPM So pleaes anyone suggest me what t do next. REgards RATHORE sending to informix-list

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Andreas Breitfeld — Mon, 29 Dec 2003 13:33:20 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Hi, this looks like a known rpm bug in RedHat Linux 8, see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=75057 for more information. The bug should be fixed in rpm-4.2-0.42 . Solution: The following workarounds are possible: 1. Using rpm for the installation, the package can only be installed into /opt/informix directory. In order to do so you need to set two environment variables like this: export RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/informix export INFORMIXDIR=/opt/informix 2. To install the package into a directory other than /opt/informix , you have to convert the package from rpm format to cpio format: rpm2cpio online.rpm > online.cpio Then install the resulting cpio package the same way as on other platforms, i.e. with commands like the following: cpio -idumv < online.cpio installonline Andreas RATHER wrote: > > Hello friends > > REcently i download Informix online5.2 ffrom iiug.org site for Liunx. > Now i am trying to load this online5.2 version on linux 8. I have already > user informix created and am giving the followin coomand from the root. > > rpm -i --relocate /opt/informix=$INFORMIXDIR 110197612040731.RPM > > THIS gives me the following error: > > ERROR: INFORMIXDIR doest match the target directry name provided in the > rpm > command. If you are not installing this product in the default > INFORMIXDIR > name for Linux (/opt/informix), You must provide your INFORMIX dIRECTORY > name with the -- prefix ( rpm 2.x Syntax) or -- relocated ( rpm 3.x > Syntax) paramater in your rpm -i command line. > then again i used the following also but gives me the same error: > > rpm -i --prefix /usr/informix 110197612040731.RPM > > So pleaes anyone suggest me what t do next. > > REgards > > RATHORE > > > > sending to informix-list