Creating Distribution Media

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Creating Distribution Media

To ensure that customers can install DataBlade modules and other IBM Informix products using common instructions, the product you distribute must conform to the IBM Informix DataBlade module installation standard. BladePack creates an interactive installation that ensures a consistent user interface.

Important:

If you create a UNIX .tar file, rename the cdrom directory to the name of your product before you copy the directory to media or the release area. For example, for the Circle DataBlade module, rename the cdrom directory to circle. (Do not include the version number in the directory name.)

Copy the renamed directory and its contents to the media or into the archive file. This makes it possible to distribute multiple products with their own installations on a CD-ROM or tape.

For example, to install the Circle DataBlade module from CD-ROM, the installer mounts the CD-ROM, changes to the circle subdirectory, and executes the install script.

To install the Circle DataBlade module from a file named circle3.6.tar, retrieved through a local network or the Internet, the installer extracts the file into a temporary directory, changes to the circle subdirectory, and executes install. When the installation has finished, the circle subdirectory can be removed.

Tip:

BladePack does not compress .tar files. If you want to distribute your DataBlade module as a compressed file, you must compress it yourself.