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Old 11-25-04, 05:15
mariadasun mariadasun is offline
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Arrow can i install IDS 9.4 other than /opt/informix in linux

i dont have much space in root. i would like to install IDS 9.4 in home. (LINUX)

but installation manual says standard directory for informix on linux is /opt/informix

is it so ?


is there any other way to install in home make working informix
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Old 11-25-04, 09:25
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can't you symbolically link /opt/informix to /home/informix?

I'm pretty sure this works
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Old 11-26-04, 08:44
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Hi,

Yes, run rpm with --prefix /new-directory.
Gustavo.
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