Re: Summary: IBM DB2 installation on Woody

2003-08-23 Thread Bob Proulx
Holger Marzen wrote: > Some notes for the installation of IBM DB2 v7.1 on Debian Woody > Holger Marzen, 2003-08-21 Thanks for sharing your notes. I think that cross distribution compatibility is one of the important areas for Debian to concentrate on. I have some of the same issues you have with

Re: Summary: IBM DB2 installation on Woody

2003-08-21 Thread Holger Marzen
On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, Colin Watson wrote: > On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 11:31:49AM +0200, Holger Marzen wrote: > > install rpm > > - apt-get install rpm > > - mkdir /var/lib/rpm > > - rpm --initdb > > Oof! Isn't it possible to use alien rather than trying to hack rpm to > install RPM packages on Debian

Re: Summary: IBM DB2 installation on Woody

2003-08-21 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 11:31:49AM +0200, Holger Marzen wrote: > install rpm > - apt-get install rpm > - mkdir /var/lib/rpm > - rpm --initdb Oof! Isn't it possible to use alien rather than trying to hack rpm to install RPM packages on Debian (which is usually dangerous)? -- Colin Watson

Summary: IBM DB2 installation on Woody

2003-08-21 Thread Holger Marzen
Some notes for the installation of IBM DB2 v7.1 on Debian Woody Holger Marzen, 2003-08-21 install pdksh - apt-get install pdksh - cd /bin - ln -s /usr/bin/ksh . install rpm - apt-get install rpm - mkdir /var/lib/rpm - rpm --initdb Without "mkdir /var/lib/rpm" rpm will complain about errors wit