Installing the JDBC driver on an unsupported platform (UNIX and Linux)

You can install a JDBC driver on a Linux® or UNIX system that is not one of the supported systems. The supported systems are documented in Support and release compatibility.

Procedure

Change to the appropriate directory on your system host by issuing the following command:
```
cd /nz/kit/sbin
```
Copy the JDBC driver to your client machine by issuing the rcp or ftp command (by using binary transfer mode).
A command example follows:
```
rcp nzjdbc3.jar client machine
```
Use the export command to modify the value of the CLASSPATH environment variable on the client machine to include the location of the Netezza JDBC driver.
An example follows:
```
export CLASSPATH=.:/usr/local/nz/lib/nzjdbc3.jar
```
This command changes the environment for the current session only. After you verify that your environment modification works correctly, you can edit your login script to set the environment variable when users log in.

What to do next

Configure the data source. See Configuring the JDBC data source by using an nzjdbc.ini file (UNIX and Linux).