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Informix Client Software Development Kit (Client SDK) and Informix Connect System Requirements

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Abstract

This document describes the operating system requirements for IBM® Informix® Client Software Development Kit (Client SDK) and Informix Connect.

Content

Last modified: 9 Jul 2024


Informix Client SDK and Informix Connect run on most systems that have a UNIX, Linux, or Windows operating system.

Starting with version 4.50.xC4, stand-alone installation of the Client SDK requires a minimum version of OpenSSL 1.0.x to be installed on the system. Refer to https://www.openssl.org for more information on OpenSSL.

Java JRE was removed from the IBM Informix distribution starting with 14.10.FC11/4.50.xC11:

  • Customers will need to pre-install the Java JRE v8 or greater for use with Informix products


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System requirements are listed by operating system (OS). In this document:


For more information about the system requirements for each client API, see the following machine notes:



Platform: AIX

Hardware: IBM POWER (System p, System i, POWER Blades)
Note: These codes are used in the following table:
F = 64-bit
U = 32-bit

Operating System Version Client SDK 4.50 Client SDK/Informix Connect 4.10 Client SDK/Informix Connect 3.70
AIX 7.1
4.10.UC16
4.10.FC16
(AIX 7.1 TL3 7100-03)
 3.70.UC9
3.70.FC9
AIX 7.2 4.50.FC11 4.10.UC16
4.10.FC16
(7200-00)
AIX 7.3 4.50.FC11


Platform: HP-UX (Itanium)

Hardware: Itanium is required
Note: These codes are used in the following table:
F = 64-bit
U = 32-bit

Operating System Version Client SDK 4.50 Client SDK/Informix Connect 4.10 Client SDK/Informix Connect 3.70
HP-UX 11.31 4.50.FC10
deprecated in 4.50.FC11		 4.10.UC16
4.10.FC16
 		 3.70.UC9
3.70.FC9
 



Platform: HP-UX (PA-RISC)

Hardware: PA-RISC
Note: These codes are used in the following table:
F = 64-bit
H = 32-bit build on any HP PA-RISC 11.x platform; also runs on HP PA-RISC 11.x 64-bit

Operating System Version Client SDK/Informix Connect 4.10 Client SDK/Informix Connect 3.70
HP-UX 11.31 3.70.HC8
3.70.FC8



Platform: Linux - Intel

Hardware: Intel x86, Intel x86_64 (EM64T/AMD64)
Note: These codes are used in the following table:
F = 64-bit on Intel x86_64 (EM64T/AMD64)
U = 32-bit on Intel x86 or Intel x86_64 (EM64T/AMD64)

Operating System Version Client SDK 4.50 Client SDK/Informix Connect 4.10 Client SDK/Informix Connect 3.70
RHEL 7 SR4 FP10
4.50.UC11
4.50.FC11
More OS requirements:
- Minimum update 4
- Base kernel version 3.10.0
- glibc version ​2.17
- Compiler 4.8.5
Standard C++ library, 
libstdc++.so.6, 
must be installed
 4.10.FC16
More OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 3.10
- glibc version ​2.17
- Compiler 4.8.2
Standard C++ library, 
libstdc++.so.6, 
must be installed
RHEL 8
4.50.UC11
4.50.FC11
More OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 4.18.0
- glibc version ​2.28
- Compiler 8.2.1
4.10.FC16
More OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 4.18.0
- glibc version 2.28
- Compiler 8.2.1
RHEL 9
4.50.UC11
4.50.FC11
More OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 5.14.0
- glibc version ​2.34
- Compiler 11.3.1
AlmaLinux 8 Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 4.18.0
- Glibc version 2.28
- Compiler 8.2.1
AlmaLinux 9.1 Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 5.14.0
- Glibc version 2.34
- Compiler 11.3.1
** Additional libraries requirement below
Rocky Linux 8 Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 4.18.0
- Glibc version 2.28
- Compiler 8.2.1
Rocky Linux 9.1 Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 5.14.0
- Glibc version 2.34
- Compiler 11.3.1
 
CentOS 7 4.50.FC11
More OS requirements:
- Minimum update 4
- Base kernel version 3.10.0
- glibc version ​2.17
- Compiler 4.8.5		 4.10.FFC16
More OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 3.10
- glibc version ​2.17
- Compiler 4.8.2
SuSE SLES 12
4.50.FC11
More OS requirements:
- Minimum service pack 3
- Base kernel version 4.4.73
- glibc version 2.22
- Compiler 4.8.5
 4.10.FC16
More OS requirements:
- Base kernel version ​3.12.28
- glibc version ​2.19
- Compiler 4.8.3
SuSE SLES 15
4.50.FC11
More OS requirements:
- Minimum service pack 4
- Base kernel version 4.12.14
- glibc version 2.31
- Compiler 7.5
4.10.FC16
More OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 4.12.14
- glibc version 2.26
- Compiler 7.3.1
Asianux 3.0 4.10.UC16
4.10.FC16
More OS requirements:
- Minimum service pack 3
- Base kernel version ​2.6.18
- glibc version ​2.5
- Compiler 4.1.2		 3.70.UC9
3.70.FC9
More OS requirements:
- Minimum service pack 3
- Base kernel version ​2.6.18
- glibc version ​2.5
- Compiler 4.1.2
Debian 5.0 4.10.UC16
4.10.FC16
More OS requirements:
- Base kernel version ​2.6.26
- glibc version ​2.7
- Compiler 4.3.2		 3.70.UC9
3.70.FC9
More OS requirements:
- Base kernel version ​2.6.26
- glibc version ​2.7
- Compiler 4.3.2
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.50.FC11
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 4.15
- 'Glibc' version 2.27
- Compiler 7.5
- libgcc 7.5.0
- libstdc++6 7.50
- libncurses5 6.1
- libpam 1.1.8
- libelf1-0.170-0		 4.10.FC16
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version ​4.15
- 'Glibc' version 2.27
- Compiler 7.5
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 4.50.FC11
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 5.4
- 'Glibc' version 2.31
- Compiler 9.3
- libgcc 7.5.0
- libstdc++6 7.50
- libncurses5 6.1
- libpam 1.1.8
- libelf1-0.170-0		 4.10.FC16
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version ​5.4
- 'Glibc' version 2.31
- Compiler 9.3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 4.50.FC11
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 5.15
- 'Glibc' version 2.35
- Compiler 11.3		 4.10.FC16
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 5.15
- 'Glibc' version 2.35
- Compiler 11.3
Amazon AWS 2023 4.50.FC11
Additional OS requirements:
- Linux kernel version 6.1.84
- Glibc version 2.34
- Compiler 11.4
- ncurses-compat-libs
- libxcrypt-compat

** Following system libraries are needed for IBM Informix Dynamic Server version 14.10.FC9 and 14.10.FC10 to run on Red Hat Linux 9. Higher versions of same libraries are installed on Red Hat Linux 9. As a workaround, symbolic links to those libraries need to be created.

      Libraries needed for Informix:
          libncurses.so.5
          libtinfo.so.5

      Libraries installed on Red Hat Linux 9:
         libncurses.so.6
         libtinfo.so.6

      Workaround:
          Run following commands as root user from /usr/lib64 directory.
               ln -s libncurses.so.6 libncurses.so.5

               ln -s libtinfo.so.6 libtinfo.so.5



Platform: Linux - IBM POWER (Big Endian)

Hardware: System p, System i, POWER blades
Note: This code is used in the following table:
F = 64-bit

Operating System Version Client SDK/Informix Connect 4.10 Client SDK/Informix Connect 3.70
RHEL 7 SR4 FP10 4.10.FC16
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 3.10
- Glibc version ​2.17
- Compiler 4.8.2
Standard C++ library, 
libstdc++.so.6, 
must be installed



Platform: Linux - IBM POWER (Little Endian)

Hardware: IBM POWER8® for ppc64le
Note: This code is used in the following table:
F = 64-bit

Operating System Version Client SDK 4.50 Client SDK/Informix Connect 4.10 Client SDK/Informix Connect 3.70
RHEL 7 SR4 FP10
4.50.FC11
Additional OS requirements:
- Minimum update 4
- Base kernel version 3.10.0
- Glibc version ​2.17
- Compiler 4.8.5
 4.10.FC16
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version ​3.10.0
- Glibc version 2.17
- Compiler 4.8.3
Standard C++ library, 
libstdc++.so.6, 
must be installed
RHEL 8
4.50.FC11
Additional OS requirements:
- Minimum update 7
- Base kernel version 4.18
- Glibc version ​2.28
- Compiler 8.5.0 
SuSE SLES 12 4.50.FC11
Additional OS requirements:
- Minimum service pack 3
- Base kernel version 4.4.73
- Glibc version 2.22
- Compiler 4.8.5		 4.10.FC16
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version ​3.12.28
- Glibc version ​2.19
- Compiler 4.8.3
Standard C++ library, 
libstdc++.so.6, 
must be installed
SuSE SLES 15

4.50.FC11
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 4.12.14
- Glibc version 2.26
- Compiler 7.3.1


Platform: Linux - IBM System z

Hardware: System z
Note: This code is used in the following table:
U = 32-bit
F = 64-bit

Operating System Version Client SDK 4.50 Client SDK/Informix Connect 4.10 Client SDK/Informix Connect 3.70
RHEL 7 SR4 FP10
4.50.FC11
Additional OS requirements:
- Minimum update 4
- Base kernel version 3.10.0
- Glibc version ​2.17
- Compiler 4.8.5
 4.10.FC16
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 3.10.0
- Glibc version ​2.17
- Compiler 4.8.2
Standard C++ library, 
libstdc++.so.6, 
must be installed
SuSE SLES 12
4.50.FC11
Additional OS requirements:
- Minimum service pack 3
- Base kernel version ​4.4.73
- Glibc version ​2.22
- Compiler 4.8.5
 4.10.FC16
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version ​3.12.28
- Glibc version ​2.19
- Compiler 4.8.3
Standard C++ library, 
libstdc++.so.6, 
must be installed


Platform: Mac OS X
 

Operating System Version Client SDK/Informix Connect 4.10 Client SDK/Informix Connect 3.70
Mac OS deprecated


Platform: Solaris (SPARC)

Hardware: SPARC
Note: These codes are used in the following table:
F = 64-bit
U = 32-bit (Clients, Customer must provide their own Java)
Prerequisite: IBM is not supplying 32-bit Java 8.
Customers must supply their own Java 8 to install the 32-bit product.

Operating System Version Client SDK 4.50 Client SDK/Informix Connect 4.10 Client SDK/Informix Connect 3.70
Solaris 10 4.10.UC16
4.10.FC16
Minimum update 8 is required		 3.70.UC9
3.70.FC9
Minimum update 6 is required
Solaris 11

4.50.FC11
Minimum update 3 is required

 4.10.UC16
4.10.FC16		 3.70.UC9
3.70.FC9



Platform: Solaris (Intel)

Hardware: Intel x86 or x64(AMD AMD64, Intel EM64T)
Note: These codes are used in the following table:
F = 64-bit on x64(AMD AMD64, Intel EM64T)
U = 32-bit (Clients, Customer must provide their own Java)
Prerequisite: IBM is not supplying 32-bit Java 8.
Customers must supply their own Java 8 to install the 32-bit product.

Operating System Version Client SDK/Informix Connect 4.10 Client SDK/Informix Connect 3.70
Solaris 10 4.10.UC16
4.10.FC16
Minimum update 8 is required		 3.70.UC9
3.70.FC9
Minimum update 6 is required
Solaris 11 4.10.UC16
4.10.FC16		 3.70.UC9
3.70.FC9



Platform: Windows

Hardware: Intel x86 or x64(AMD AMD64, Intel EM64T)
Note: These codes are used in the following table:
F = 64-bit on AMD AMD64, Intel EM64T
T = 32-bit on any Windows platform

Operating System Version Client SDK 4.50 Client SDK/Informix Connect 4.10 Client SDK/Informix Connect 3.70
Windows 10 4.50.FC11 4.10.FC16
Windows 2016 4.50.FC11 4.10.TC14
4.10.FC16
Windows 2019 4.50.FC11
Windows 2022 4.50.FC11

Copyright Date

2023

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