Installing a pre-2007 DataBlade module on a UNIX computer

About this task

To install a pre-2007 DataBlade® module on a UNIX™ computer:

Procedure

  1. Log in as the informix user.
  2. Complete the following steps if you received your DataBlade module software on a CD.
    If you plan to access the product by electronic delivery, follow the instructions at the download site and then go to step 3.
    1. Move to the CD-ROM directory.
      The software for each platform has its own compressed file; the platform name is included in the file name. The string xCn in the file name further distinguishes the product. The values for x and their meaning are:
      F
      64 bit
      H
      32 bit HP
      U
      32 bit UNIX or Linux™
      T
      32 bit Windows™
    2. Copy the compressed product file to a temporary location, such as the /tmp directory.
    3. Uncompress the file and restore the content with the appropriate command (such as uncompress, zcat, tar, cpio, rpm, winzip).

      This command creates a datablade directory (or directories) into which it copies the product files, where datablade is the DataBlade module project name.

  3. Move to the datablade directory, where datablade is the DataBlade module project name.
  4. Run the installation script: ./install
  5. Confirm the installation directory.
    By default, the value of the INFORMIXDIR environment variable for the database server installation is selected. You can specify a different Informix® instance.