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
- Log in as the informix user.
- 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.
- 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™
- Copy the compressed product file to a temporary location, such as the /tmp directory.
- 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.
- Move to the CD-ROM directory.
- Move to the datablade directory, where datablade is the DataBlade module project name.
- Run the installation script:
./install
- 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.