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Installing and configuring DB2 Express-C 9.7 on Ubuntu 9.04 Server

Antonio Cangiano

DB2 Express-C 9.7 can easily be installed on Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop edition by simply issuing sudo ./db2setup. This will open up a launchpad and you’ll be able to install the product through a wizard. But what about setting up DB2 Express-C 9.7 on Ubuntu 9.04 Server edition? When you are ssh-ing into your VPS or dedicated sever, there are no GUIs to help you out.

IBM provides all the information on how to proceed through a series of detailed documents, which explain why each command is required and what your options are. But if you are looking for a single document that is slightly more concise in nature, you can read this excellent step by step guide that was published today on the blog bits.of.info.

Antonio Cangiano

Antonio Cangiano is an Engineering Manager and AI Specialist at IBM. He authored Ruby on Rails for Microsoft Developers (Wrox, 2009) and Technical Blogging (The Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2012, 2019). He is also the Marketing Lead for Cognitive Class, an educational initiative which he helped grow from zero to over 3 Million students. You can follow him on Twitter.

5 responses to “Installing and configuring DB2 Express-C 9.7 on Ubuntu 9.04 Server”

  1. bits of info

    Hey thanks for the plug Antonio! Not sure if anyone would read it, but I wanted to make it a bit easier for folks.

  2. Antonio Cangiano

    No problem, @bits. Great guide. BTW, if you install the dev version of libstdc++, you should be able to install DB2 without forcing it to ignore the system requirements.

  3. Leons Petrazickis

    I’ve been doing a lot of response file installs lately, and they are very much my choice in command-line situation. DB2 ships with some samples (do a “locate .rsp | grep db2” in Ubuntu). You basically open one up with a text editor, put in the same information as into the install wizard, and then pass it as a parameter to the installer. Very easy.

  4. bits of info

    Antonio – good point, I’ll update it with that info

    Leons – Going to look into the response file, as I was unaware of that.

  5. bits of info

    All, I’ve created an article to walk through a basic response file install @ http://bitsofinfo.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/installing-db2-9-express-c-on-a-headless-ubuntu-box-with-db2setup-and-a-response-file/

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