DB2 Version 7.1 for Linux HOWTO

Dan Scott

Revision History
Revision 1.2.6	2002-09-21	Revised by: dbs
Add Mandrake 8.1, SuSE 7.3 install instructions from contributor Mykola Buryak.
Revision 1.2.5	2002-07-16	Revised by: dbs
Fixed or removed some broken links, added a few new resources.
Revision 1.2.4	2001-06-02	Revised by: dbs
Running JDK 1.1.8 on Red Hat 7.1
Revision 1.2.3	2001-04-25	Revised by: dbs
Red Hat 7.1 install instructions, more DB2 on Debian info, connecting to AS/400 databases, buffer pool memory limits, converted to DocBook XML.
Revision 1.2.1	2000-10-25	Revised by: dbs
Basic Red Hat 7.0 info, additional Debian instructions.
Revision 1.2	2000-09-25	Revised by: dbs
IBM JDK 1.3 works! More troubleshooting.
Revision 1.1	2000-07-28	Revised by: dbs
Documented _SHM_ID_BITS kernel parameter tuning for increasing number of available connections. Added basic indexing.
Revision 1.0	2000-07-06	Revised by: dbs
Added basic Debian instructions. Corrected some factual, stylistic, and grammatical mistakes. Licensed document under GNU GPL. Submitted document to LDP.
Revision 0.7	2000-04-26	Revised by: dbs
Based on DB2 V7.1 beta release, wrote install instructions for Caldera 2.4, Red Hat 6.2, SuSE 6.2, SuSE 6.3, and TurboLinux 6.0.

This HOWTO gives you explicit instructions on installing DB2 Universal Database Version 7.1 for Linux on the following Intel x86-based distributions: Caldera OpenLinux 2.4, Debian, Mandrake Linux 7.2 and 8.1, Red Hat Linux 6.2 and 7.1, SuSE Linux 6.2, 6.3, 7.0, and 7.3, and TurboLinux 6.0. After installing DB2, you can work with a sample database, connect to your DB2 server from a remote machine, and administer DB2 using the DB2 Control Center.

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