On Linux and UNIX platforms, you can embed a DB2® installation image into the
installation image of your own application. When installing a DB2 product using a response file
with the interactive keyword specified, installation-related information
such as progress or prompts is provided in a format easily parsed
by your application.
About this task
To bundle a DB2 installation
image in your own application:
Procedure
- Copy the DB2 sample
program, located in db2/samples/, to a working directory. Sample programs
are provided in both C and Java™.
The C and Java subdirectories
contain a sample program and a readme file.
- Build the sample program using the makefile provided or
a compatible compiler.
- Modify the response file to specify the keyword INTERACTIVE=MACHINE.
- Using the sample program, start the DB2 installation from your working directory.
where
- image represents the location of the DB2 installable image where either the db2setup
command or the db2_install command is located
- response_file specifies the full path and file name of
the response file to use.