To install an IBM® data server client on Linux or UNIX operating systems, perform the following instructions. The instructions apply to the IBM Data Server Client and the IBM Data Server Runtime Client.
If the machine already has a data server product installed, it is not necessary to install a client because the data server provides all the capabilities of the IBM Data Server Client software.
To install any IBM data server client on a Linux or UNIX operating system:
This installation does not include product documentation.For options on installing or accessing the DB2® Information Center, see the related links.
After installing your IBM data server client, configure it to access a remote data server.
National language installations
You can run the setup wizard in a language other than the default system language by manually invoking the setup wizard and specifying a language code. For example, the ./db2setup -i fr command runs the setup wizard in French. However, the setup wizard fields do not accept non-English characters.
Installing on a machine that has an existing DB2 Version 9.5 client
The default directory name for the first copy is V10.5. For additional copies on a particular machine, the default directory name is V10.5_nn, where nn refers to the number of copies that are installed minus one. For example, the second installation has a default directory name of V10.5_01.
Installing the IBM Data Server Client or IBM Data Server Runtime Client on a system that already has a DB2 Version 9 client preserves that copy and installs an additional DB2 Version 9.5 or higher copy. For information about upgrading client instances to DB2 Version 9.5 or higher, see the upgrading topics.