Ubuntu/Ingres HOWTO

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linnuxxy - 28 Oct 2006 19:27 GMT

I've wrote a HOWTO for Ubuntu/Ingres (thnx to Michael Touloumtzis)

the HOWTO is here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Servers/Ingres

It is incomplete and need many improvement... Looking for you help...

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Gerhard Hofmann - 29 Oct 2006 16:43 GMT

> I've wrote a HOWTO for Ubuntu/Ingres (thnx to Michael Touloumtzis)
>
> the HOWTO is here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Servers/Ingres
>
> It is incomplete and need many improvement... Looking for you help...

An alternative to building Ingres from source is to install rpm support:
apt-get install rpm

Then install all Ingres RPMs with
rpm -Uvh *.rpm
as you would do on RedHat or Suse.

Then activate Ingres startup scripts:
update-rc.d ingresII defaults

Note: I tested this not on Ubuntu, but on Knoppix / Debian (to be
precise, on a Debian-based Vserver).

Regards
Gerhard

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linnuxxy - 30 Oct 2006 18:54 GMT

> > I've wrote a HOWTO for Ubuntu/Ingres (thnx to Michael Touloumtzis)
> >
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> Regards
> Gerhard

I will try this out, although i think i did... and failed

is there a way to build a .deb package? maybe host an apt repo??
This would greatly simplify the installation

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Karl & Betty Schendel - 30 Oct 2006 18:24 GMT

>> > I've wrote a HOWTO for Ubuntu/Ingres (thnx to Michael Touloumtzis)
>> >
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>is there a way to build a .deb package? maybe host an apt repo??
>This would greatly simplify the installation

I seem to recall using alien to convert some openoffice rpm's to deb,
back when I was running debian. I've no idea if that would work with
the Ingres RPM's or not.

Karl

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Dirk Kraemer - 31 Oct 2006 17:15 GMT

>> is there a way to build a .deb package? maybe host an apt repo??
>> This would greatly simplify the installation
>
> I seem to recall using alien to convert some openoffice rpm's to deb,
> back when I was running debian. I've no idea if that would work with
> the Ingres RPM's or not.

IIRC i had some success using alien in the past on debian testing systems.
Ubuntu is debian based, so might work there, too:

- create deb packages using alien
- install package files with 'dpkg -i .... '
Maybe there was a conflict about 2 packages containing same
file. There should be a --force... option to override.
- However: Postprocessing script did not run. So i had to
set up ingres user and then
call iisudbms, iisunet, iisustar etc. manually. Look for scripts
starting with 'iisu...'! Automatic start in runlevel 3 and 5 also
had to be configured manually.

Best solution would be to provide not only rpm but also tar versions
each time. Wasn't there one some time ago?

Regards

Dirk

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