Installing Informix and client products quickly with defaults (UNIX and Linux)

You can install HCL Informix® and all its features quickly by using the typical setup for installation.

Before you begin

Make sure that your system is ready for installation (see Preparing to install Informix and client products). You must be root user and provide the password for the informix user to perform a root installation. For non-root installation, you must be able to log in to the computer.

About this task

A typical installation offers the choice of creating a server that is configured for your host environment. If you choose to create the server, it is configured by the choices that you make in the installation program and started after installation is complete. You must also supply a password for the ifxjson user to administer the JSON wire listener.

To install Informix and client products on Linux™ or UNIX™:

Procedure

  1. From a command prompt, run the installation command for the products that you want to install and specify the options for the commands.
    The commands are in the directory where the media files are located, referred to as media_location in this documentation. The installation application runs in console mode by default, unless you specify GUI mode when you issue the command.
    media_location/ids_install
    Installs Informix with all features, and any bundled client products that you select.
  2. Ensure that you select Typical setup as you follow the instructions in the installation application.
  3. Complete the installation and exit the installation application.

What to do next

Important: See Configuring a database server after installation to set up a server if you chose not to create a server in the installation application.

Non-root installation only: While logged in as the non-root installation owner, connect to the server with DB-Access to create other database users with the CREATE USER statement.