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Informix® Dynamic Server for Linux®

IDS supports Linux on a variety of platforms including Intel x86, Intel Itanium, Intel EM64T, AMD64, IBM eServer zSeries, pSeries and iSeries. The following IDS versions are available: 11.50, 11.10, 10.0, 9.4, 7.31

Note: The following codes are used in the tables on this page.
F = 64-bit on any platform
U = 32-bit on any Linux platform
RHEL = RedHat Enterprise Linux


IDS 11.50
Product version Platform Distributions Base Kernel version Glibc version Compiler version Comments
IDS
11.50.UC3
Intel x86 RHEL 4 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.5 Minimum Update
3 of RHEL 4
is required
RHEL 5 2.6.18 2.5 4.1.1  
Asianux 2.0 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.3  
Asianux 3.0 2.6.18 2.5-21 4.1.1  
Debian 4.0 2.6.18 2.3.6 4.1.2 Install the following:
libaio1 (required for KAIO)
ksh (required by ISM)
SUSE SLES 10 2.6.16 2.4-31 4.1.0  
Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS 2.6.15 2.3.6 4.0.3 Install the following:
bc utility (required by
installserver)
libaio1 (required for KAIO)
pdksh (required by ISM)
x86_64
(EM64T/AMD64)
RHEL 4 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.5 Minimum Update
3 of RHEL 4
is required
RHEL 5 2.6.18 2.5 4.1.1  
Asianux 2.0 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.3  
Asianux 3.0 2.6.18 2.5-21 4.1.1  
Debian 4.0 2.6.18 2.3.6 4.1.2 Install the following:
libaio1 (required for KAIO)
ksh, libc6-i386,
lib32ncurses5
(all required for ISM)
SUSE SLES 10 2.6.16 2.4-31 4.1.0  
Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS 2.6.15 2.3.6 4.0.3 Install the following:
bc utility (required
by installserver)

libaio1 (required for KAIO)
pdksh,libc6-i386,
libncurses 32bit
(required for ISM)
Note:
libncurses 32bit
(required for ISM)
needs to be copied
from a x86 (32-bit)
installation.

Copy /lib/libncurses.so.5
from x86 (32bit)
installation to
x86_64(64bit)32bit
compat libs:
/lib32/libncurses.so.5
IDS
11.50.FC3
x86_64 (EM64T/AMD64) RHEL 4 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.5 Minimum Update
3 of RHEL 4
is required
RHEL 5 2.6.18 2.5 4.1.1  
Asianux 2.0 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.3  
Asianux 3.0 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.3  
Debian 4.0 2.6.18 2.3.6 4.1.2 Install the following:
libaio1 (required for KAIO)
ksh, libc6-i386, lib32ncurses5
(all required for ISM)
SUSE SLES 10 2.6.16 2.4-31 4.1.0  
Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS 2.6.15 2.3.6 4.0.3 Install the following:
bc utility (required
by installserver)

libaio1 (required for KAIO) pdksh,libc6-i386,
libncurses 32bit(required for ISM)
Note:
libncurses 32bit(required
for ISM)needs to be
copied from a x86 (32-bit) installation.

Copy /lib/libncurses.so.5
from x86 (32bit)
installation to
x86_64(64bit)32bit compat libs:
/lib32/libncurses.so.5
IDS
11.50.FC3
IBM zSeries RHEL 4 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.5 Minimum Update
3 of RHEL 4
is required
RHEL 5 2.6.18 2.5 4.1.1  
SUSE SLES 10 2.6.16 2.4-31 4.1.0  
IDS
11.50.FC3
POWER (pSeries,
iSeries, OpenPower,
JS20 Blades)
RHEL 4 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.6 Minimum Update
6 of RHEL 4
is required
RHEL 5 2.6.18 2.5 4.1.1  
Asianux 2.0 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.3  
Asianux 3.0 2.6.18 2.5-12 4.1.1  
SUSE SLES 10 2.6.16 2.4-31 4.1.0  

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IDS 11.10
Product version Platform Distributions Base Kernel version Glibc version Compiler version Comments
IDS
11.10.UC3
Intel x86 RHEL 4 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.5 Minimum Update
3 of RHEL 4
is required
RHEL 5 2.6.18 2.5 4.1.1  
Asianux 2.0 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.3  
Asianux 3.0 2.6.18 2.5-21 4.1.1  
Debian 4.0 2.6.18 2.3.6 4.1.2 Install the following:
libaio1 (required for KAIO)
ksh (required by ISM)
SUSE SLES 10 2.6.16 2.4-31 4.1.0  
Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS 2.6.15 2.3.6 4.0.3 Install the following:
bc utility (required by
installserver)
libaio1 (required for KAIO)
pdksh (required by ISM)
x86_64 (EM64T/AMD64) RHEL 4 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.5 Minimum Update
3 of RHEL 4
is required
RHEL 5 2.6.18 2.5 4.1.1  
Asianux 2.0 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.3  
Asianux 3.0 2.6.18 2.5-21 4.1.1  
Debian 4.0 2.6.18 2.3.6 4.1.2 Install the following:
libaio1 (required for KAIO)
ksh, libc6-i386,
lib32ncurses5
(all required for ISM)
SUSE SLES 10 2.6.16 2.4-31 4.1.0  
Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS 2.6.15 2.3.6 4.0.3 Install the following:
bc utility (required
by installserver)

libaio1 (required for KAIO)
pdksh,libc6-i386,
libncurses 32bit
(required for ISM)
Note:
libncurses 32bit
(required for ISM)
needs to be copied
from a x86 (32-bit)
installation.

Copy /lib/libncurses.so.5
from x86 (32bit)
installation to
x86_64(64bit)32bit
compat libs:
/lib32/libncurses.so.5
IDS
11.10.FC3
x86_64 (EM64T/AMD64) RHEL 4 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.5 Minimum Update
3 of RHEL 4
is required
RHEL 5 2.6.18 2.5 4.1.1  
Asianux 2.0 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.3  
Asianux 3.0 2.6.18 2.5-21 4.1.1  
Debian 4.0 2.6.18 2.3.6 4.1.2 Install the following:
libaio1 (required for KAIO)
ksh, libc6-i386, lib32ncurses5
(all required for ISM)
SUSE SLES 10 2.6.16 2.4-31 4.1.0  
Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS 2.6.15 2.3.6 4.0.3 Install the following:
bc utility (required
by installserver)

libaio1 (required for KAIO) pdksh,libc6-i386,
libncurses 32bit(required for ISM)
Note:
libncurses 32bit(required
for ISM)needs to be
copied from a x86 (32-bit) installation.

Copy /lib/libncurses.so.5
from x86 (32bit)
installation to
x86_64(64bit)32bit compat libs:
/lib32/libncurses.so.5
IDS
11.10.FC1
IBM zSeries RHEL 4 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.5 Minimum Update
3 of RHEL 4
is required
RHEL 5 2.6.18 2.5 4.1.1  
SUSE SLES 10 2.6.16 2.4-31 4.1.0  
IDS
11.10.FC3
POWER (pSeries,
iSeries, OpenPower,
JS20 Blades)
RHEL 4 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.6 Minimum Update
6 of RHEL 4
is required
RHEL 5 2.6.18 2.5 4.1.1  
Asianux 2.0 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.3  
Asianux 3.0 2.6.18 2.5-12 4.1.1  
SUSE SLES 10 2.6.16 2.4-31 4.1.0  

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IDS 10.0
Product version Platform Distributions Base Kernel version Glibc version Compiler version Comments
IDS
10.00.UC9
Intel x86 RHEL 3 2.4.21 2.3.2 3.2.3  
RHEL 4 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.3 compat-
libstdc++-33-
3.2.3-47.3 needs to be installed
RHEL 5 2.6.18 2.5 4.1.1 compat-
libstdc++-
33-
3.2.3 needs to be
installed
Asianux 2.0 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.3  
Asianux 3.0 2.6.18 2.5-12 4.1.1  
Mandriva Corporate Server 3.0 2.3.3 3.3.2  
Red Flag Advanced Server 4.1 2.4.21 2.3.2 3.2.3  
SUSE SLES 9 2.6.5 2.3.3 3.3.3 Install glibc-
devel-2.3.3-
98.28 or newer
(required by ISM)
SUSE SLES 10 2.6.16 2.4-31 4.1.0  
x86_64 (EM64T/AMD64) RHEL 3 2.4.21 2.3.2 3.2.3  
RHEL 4 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.3 compat-
libstdc++-33-
3.2.3-47.3 needs
to be installed
RHEL 5 2.6.18 2.5 4.1.1 compat-
libstdc++-
33-
3.2.3 needs to be
installed
Asianux 2.0 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.3  
Asianux 3.0 2.6.18 2.5-12 4.1.1  
SUSE SLES 9 2.6.5 2.3.3 3.3.3 Install glibc-
devel-2.3.3-
98.28 or newer
(required by ISM)
SUSE SLES 10 2.6.16 2.4-31 4.1.0  
IDS
10.00.FC9
x86_64 (EM64T/AMD64) RHEL 3 2.4.21 2.3.2 3.2.3 Minimum Update
3 of RHEL 3 is required
RHEL 4 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.3  

compat-
libstdc++-33-
3.2.3-47.3 needs
to be installed
RHEL 5 2.6.18 2.5 4.1.1 compat-
libstdc++-
33-
3.2.3 needs to be
installed
Asianux 2.0 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.3  
Asianux 3.0 2.6.18 2.5-12 4.1.1  
SUSE SLES 9 2.6.5 2.3.3 3.3.3 Install glibc-
devel-2.3.3-
98.28 or newer
(required by ISM)
SUSE SLES 10 2.6.16 2.4-31 4.1.0  
IDS
10.00.FC8
IBM zSeries RHEL 3 2.4.21 2.3.2 3.2.3 Minimum Update
3 of RHEL 3 is required
RHEL 4 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.3 compat-
libstdc++-33-
3.2.3-47.3 needs
to be installed
RHEL 5 2.6.18 2.5 4.1.1 compat-
libstdc++-
33-
3.2.3 needs to be
installed
SUSE SLES 9 2.6.5 2.3.3 3.3.3 Install glibc-
devel-2.3.3-
98.28 or newer
(required by ISM)
SUSE SLES 10 2.6.16 2.4-31 4.1.0  
IDS
10.00.FC9
POWER (pSeries,
iSeries, OpenPower,
JS20 Blades)
RHEL 3 2.4.21 2.3.2 3.2.3 Minimum Update 3 of RHEL 3 is required
RHEL 4 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.3 compat-
libstdc++-33-
3.2.3-47.3 needs
to be installed
RHEL 5 2.6.18 2.5 4.1.1 compat-
libstdc++-
33-
3.2.3 needs to be
installed
Asianux 2.0 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.3  
Asianux 3.0 2.6.18 2.5-12 4.1.1  
SUSE SLES 9 2.6.5 2.3.3 3.3.3 Install glibc-
devel-2.3.3-
98.28 or newer
(required by ISM)
SUSE SLES 10 2.6.16 2.4-31 4.1.0  
IDS
10.00.FC8
Itanium RHEL 3 2.4.21 2.3.2 3.2.3 Minimum Update
3 of RHEL 3 is required
RHEL 4 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.3 compat-
libstdc++-33-
3.2.3-47.3 needs
to be installed
SUSE SLES 9 2.6.5 2.3.3 3.3.3 Install glibc-
devel-2.3.3-
98.28 or newer
(required by ISM)

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IDS 9.4
Product version Platform Distributions Base Kernel version Glibc version Compiler version Comments
IDS
9.40.UC9
Intel x86 Red Hat 7.2 2.4.7 2.2.4 2.96  
Red Hat 7.3 2.4.18 2.2.5 2.96  
Red Hat 8 2.4.18 2.2.93 3.2 Update glibc
to fix a TCP/IP
problem. Get glibc-2.3.2-4.80.6.i686.rpm.
Red Hat 9 2.4.20 2.3.2 3.2.2  
Red Hat AS 2.1 2.4.9 2.2.4 2.96  
RHEL 3 2.4.21 2.3.2 3.2.3 Install compat-
libstdc++-7.3-
2.96.122.i386 .rpm available on CD #3.
RHEL 4       J/Foundation
(Java UDRs) is
not supported.
compat-
libstdc++-296-
2.96-132.7.2
needs to be installed
Red Flag Advanced Server 4.1 2.4.21 2.3.2 3.2.3 For using J/Foundation (Java
UDRs), you have to set the
environment variable
LD_ASSUME_KERNEL to
2.4.19 (example: export
LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.19)
SUSE 8 2.4.18 2.2.5 2.95.3 Update to the i686 version of
glibc available on CD #1: rpm
-U -- old package
./unsorted/glibc-i686/glibc-
2.2.5-26.i686.rpm.
Get hwinfo-4.27.
SUSE 8.1 2.4.19 2.2.5 3.2 Update to glibc-2.2.5-165.
SUSE 8.2 2.4.20 2.3.2 3.3 Update to the i686 version of
glibc available on CD #1: rpm
-U --old package
./suse/i686/glibc-2.3.2-
5.i686.rpm.
SUSE 9 2.4.21 2.3.2 3.3.1  
SUSE 9.1 2.6.4 2.3.3 3.3.3 Install glibc-
devel-2.3.3-
98.28 or newer
(required by ISM)
SUSE 9.2 2.6.8 2.3.3 3.3.4  
SUSE SLES8 2.4.19 2.2.5 3.2 Update to glibc-2.2.5-165.
SUSE SLES9 2.6.5 2.3.3 3.3.3 Install glibc-
devel-2.3.3-
98.28 or newer
(required by ISM)
United Linux 1.0 2.4.19 2.2.5 3.2 Update to glibc
-2.2.5-165
IDS
9.40.FC5
IBM zSeries 64-bit SUSE SLES 8 2.4.19 2.2.5 3.2  
SUSE SLES 9 2.6.5 2.3.3 3.3.3 Install glibc-
devel-2.3.3-
98.28 or newer
(required by ISM)
RHEL 3 2.4.21 2.3.2 3.2.3  
RHEL 4 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.3 compat-
libstdc++-296-
2.96-132.7.2
needs to be installed
United Linux 1.0 2.4.19 2.2.5 3.2  
IDS
9.40.FC3
Linux Itanium United Linux 1.0 2.4.19 2.2.5 3.2  
RHEL 3 2.4.21 2.3.2 3.2.3  
SUSE SLES 8 2.4.19 2.2.5 3.2  

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IDS 7.31
Product version Platform Distributions Base Kernel version Glibc version Compiler version Comments
IDS
7.31.UD10
Intel x86 Red Hat 7.2 2.4.7 2.2.4 2.96  
Red Hat 7.3 2.4.18 2.2.5 2.96  
Red Hat 8 2.4.18 2.2.93 3.2  
Red Hat AS 2.1 2.4.9 2.2.4 2.96  
RHEL 3 2.4.21 2.3.2 3.2.3  
RHEL 4 2.6.9 2.3.4 3.4.3  
SUSE 8 2.4.18 2.2.5 2.95.3  
SUSE 8.1 2.4.19 2.2.5 3.2  
SUSE 8.2 2.4.20 2.3.2 3.3  
SUSE 9 2.4.21 2.3.2 3.3.1  
SUSE SLES 8 2.4.19 2.2.5 3.2  
SUSE SLES 9 2.6.5 2.3.3 3.3.3  
SUSE SLES 10 2.6.16 2.4-31 4.1.0  
United Linux 1.0 2.4.19 2.2.5 3.2  
IDS
7.31.UD8
Intel x86 Red Hat 6.2 2.2.14 2.1.3 2.91.66  
Red Hat 7.1 2.4.2 2.2.2 2.96  

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