I am currently attempting to install Informix 10.0 RC5 on a system running Solaris 10. This is my first attempt at installing Informix, a task given to me by my manager. I have read a few docs on installing Informix on Unix however Im still not sure of the entire process.

Please find some questions I have below wrt the installation process, any help on this would be much appreciated. I have already created an Informix user, group and install directory /usr/informix where the Informix 10.0 software is currently residing awaiting install.

Questions
Where do I set the environment variables?

Do I set them in the informix users .login .cshrc or .profile files or do I set them as root in the appropriate files?
Or somewhere else, what is the appropriate startup file?

Currently in the usr/informix directory I have the following:

CSDK
DBLD
ICONNECT
JDBC
README.html
SERVER
SVR.ADM
bundle.ini
ids_install
IMAGES
suit.jar

What is required (needs to be run) to active the Informix db?

I have already tried ./ids_install which ran through the installation process however not sure what else needs to be done.

System - Sunfire V100... x2 37G diks. IT Development staff will be using as a test system.

Thanks in advance

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