Install Informix for Linux on Turbolinux

1. Pre-Installation Preparation

1) need to install Turbolinux products

2 need to have installation files ids.rpm,connect.rpm and clisdk.rpm

ids.rpm Informix Dynamic Server 7.3

CONNECT.RPM Informix Client Product Connectivity Environment

CLISDK.RPM Informix Client Product development environment

3 need to have legal serial number and Key number

4 If more than one product is installed on the same server, it should be installed in the following order:

Informix Client Connector,informix client Sdk,informix Dynamic Server

2. Install Informix Client Connector for Linux

Let's assume that we build a demo database My_data, the database server named demo_on

1 Establish Informix Users and groups

AddGroup Informix

Adduser-g Informix Informix

passwd Informix

2 Login to root user and set up the installation directory

Mkdir/opt

Chown informix/opt

3 to the Informix user login, and set up the installation directory

Mkdir/opt/informix

4 Increase environment variables

Export Informixdir=/opt/informix

Export informixserver=demo_on

Export path= $PATH: $INFORMIXDIR/bin

5) Expand the installation file

RPM-IVH connect.rpm

6) Installation

Run/opt/informix/installconn and enter serial number and key number as prompted

7) to login to the ROOT user, running/opt/informix/run_as_root.conn

8) Installation Complete