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Ingres® 10.0 for Linux on Itanium using Native POSIX Threading Library (NPTL) (i64.lnx)


1.0 Welcome

2.0 Operating System Support
2.1 Preprocessor and Compiler Support

3.0 System Requirements

4.0 Installation Considerations
4.1 RPM Support
4.2 Installing Ingres
4.3 How to Upgrade Using RPM
4.4 Post Installation
4.5 Documentation
4.6 Installing on a System without a C Compiler
4.7 Shared Library Path
4.8 Visual Tools
4.9 Protocols Supported
4.10 Raw Transaction Log Files and Raw Database Locations Not Supported on Linux
4.11 BEA Tuxedo Support

5.0 General Considerations
5.1 Requirements for the Ingres Demonstration Application


1.0 Welcome

This readme contains information specific to Ingres® running under Itanium Linux.


2.0 Operating System Support

The following operating systems are supported (as of the publishing of this document):

Kernel and glibc requirements:

The Ingres product support life cycle policy determines the duration of support for Ingres on these operating systems unless the operating system's manufacturer drops support on a prior date. For the latest information about supported operating systems, visit http://ingres.com/support.


2.1 Preprocessor and Compiler Support

GCC v3.2 up to v4.2 (GNU Compiler Collection, C)


3.0 System Requirements

Disk space requirements are as follows:

System Configuration Space Required
Client Only (Ingres Net) Install 90 MB
DBMS Server with Ingres Net Install 145 MB
Full installation plus documentation 460 MB


4.0 Installation Considerations


4.1 RPM Support

RPM 4.1.1 or later


4.2 Installing Ingres

To install Ingres using the new graphical installation wizard, run the script ingres_install found in the directory created when the saveset is extracted. Alternatively Ingres can be installed using ingres_express_install.sh or rpm directly. For more information, see the Quick Start Guide.


4.3 How to Upgrade Using RPM

Due to a number of problems observed during upgrade of Ingres RPMs, please consult the instructions in the Linux Getting Started Guide before upgrading.


4.4 Post Installation

The only supported method for backing out patches installed against Ingres 2006 is to reinstall the RPM from the base release. Therefore, make sure you keep the RPM used for your most recent install so that a patch can be backed out, if necessary.


4.5 Documentation

Ingres documentation can be installed on Linux systems by installing the documentation RPM file that can be downloaded separately.


4.6 Installing on a System without a C Compiler

This version of Ingres requires that the DBMS server executables be re-linked so that utilities such as CKPDB and ROLLFORWARDDB will function for users other than “ingres”. If a C compiler is present, the server is re-linked at install time. If not, a warning is issued and the install continues as usual. If users other than “ingres” require the use of these utilities, the DBMS server must be re-linked by hand with the following command:

iilink –noudts

A C compiler must be installed for this command to complete successfully.


4.7 Shared Library Path

The library variable for Itanium Linux is LD_LIBRARY_PATH.


4.8 Visual Tools

The Visual DBA suite is not included as part of the Ingres 10.0 for Itanium Linux. However, these tools can be deployed on a Windows PC against Itanium Linux.

Note: Versions of VDBA prior to Ingres 2006 require a patch in order to work against this release of Ingres.


4.9 Protocols Supported

TCP/IP Native


4.10 Raw Transaction Log Files and Raw Database Locations Not Supported on Linux

Research has shown that raw transaction log files and raw database locations on Linux do not provide performance benefits. To simplify administration, a decision has been made to not support this feature on Linux.


4.11 BEA Tuxedo Support

BEA Tuxedo 9.1 is supported with this version of Ingres. Please visit http://www.bea.com.


5.0 General Considerations


5.1 Requirements for the Ingres Demonstration Application

Eclipse Ingres DTP Plug-in

To connect to Ingres from the Eclipse SDK, you must download and install the following versions of Java Runtime Environment, Eclipse and necessary plug-ins, which you can obtain from the Eclipse Data Tools Project page at http://www.eclipse.org/datatools/.

Component Version
Java Runtime Environment 1.5
Eclipse Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.2.1
Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) 2.2.2
Graphical Editing Framework (GEF) 3.2.2
Data Tools Platform (DTP) 1.0
Ingres DTP plug-in 1.0.0


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