DB2 10.5 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows

Installing the DB2 Information Center using the DB2 Setup wizard (Linux)

Using the DB2 Setup wizard, you can define your installation preferences and install the DB2® Information Center on a computer that uses a Linux operating system.

Before you begin

Review the prerequisite information in the "Installation requirements for DB2 servers and IBM data server clients (Linux)" topic.

About this task

DB2 database product documentation can be accessed in three ways:

at the IBM Web site
on an intranet server
on a version installed on your computer

By default, DB2 database products access DB2 documentation at the IBM Web site. If you want to access the DB2 documentation on an intranet server or on your own computer, you must install the documentation from the DB2 Information Center DVD, Passport Advantage®, or DB2 database product documentation website.

Restrictions

To install a network version of the DB2 Information Center, you must be logged on as a user with root user authority. To install a Workstation version of the DB2 Information Center, you do not require root user authority.
You cannot install the DB2 Information Center in a location where a DB2 database product is installed. Similarly, the DB2 Information Center cannot coexist in the same installation path of a previous version of the DB2 Information Center on the same system.
You can only install one copy of the DB2 Information Center of the same version on your system. For example, you can install a copy of the DB2 Information Center Version 9.7 and DB2 Information Center Version 10.5 on the same system, but you cannot install two copies of the DB2 Information Center Version 10.5 on the same system.
If you install the DB2 Information Center on a system with a firewall, and you plan for other systems to access the DB2 Information Center, you must open the port in your firewall setting.

Procedure

To install the DB2 Information Center using the DB2 Setup wizard:

Log on to the system.
If you have the DB2 Information Center product DVD:
1. Insert and mount the DVD on your system.
2. Change to the directory where the DVD is mounted by entering the following command:
```
cd  /dvd
```
  where /dvd represents the mount point of the DVD.
If you downloaded the image from an online source (such as Passport Advantage, or, ibm.com®), untar the image:
1. Decompress the product file: gzip -d product.tar.gz For example,
```
gzip -d ese.tar.gz
```
2. Untar the product file: tar -xvf product.tar For example,
```
tar -xvf ese.tar
```
3. Change directory into the product directory: cd product For example,
```
cd ese
```
Enter the ./db2setup command to start the DB2 Setup wizard.
The DB2 Setup Launchpad opens. From the launchpad, you can view installation prerequisites and the release notes, or you can proceed directly to the installation. You should review the installation prerequisites and release notes for late-breaking information.
Click Install a Product and the Install a Product window displays.
On the Install a Product page, if you do not have an existing DB2 Information Center installed on your computer, launch the installation by clicking Install New.
If you already have an existing DB2 Information Center installed on your computer, click Work with Existing to work with the existing DB2 Information Center.
On the Welcome to the DB2 Setup wizard page, click Next. The DB2 Setup wizard will guide you through the program setup process.
To proceed with the installation, you must accept the license agreement. On the Software License Agreement page, select Accept and click Next.
On the Select installation, response file creation, or both page, select Install DB2 Information Center on this computer. If you want to use a response file to install the DB2 Information Center on this or other computers at a later time, select Install DB2 Information Center on this computer and save my settings in a response file. You can specify where the response file will be saved. Click Next.
On the Select the languages to install page, select the languages the DB2 Information Center will install. By default, the DB2 Information Center is installed in the /opt/ibm/db2ic/V10.5 directory. However, you can specify your own installation path. Click Next.
Configure the DB2 Information Center for incoming communication on the Specify the DB2 Information Center port page. Click Next to continue the installation.
If you specify a port number other than the default and you receive the error "The service name specified is in use", you can correct this error by either choosing to use the default port number or by specifying a different service name.
Review the installation choices you have made in the Start copying files page. To change any settings, click Back. Click Finish to complete the installation of the DB2 Information Center files onto your computer.

Results

The installation logs, db2setup.log and db2setup.err will be located, by default, in the /tmp directory. You can specify the location of the log files.

The db2setup.log file captures all DB2 installation information including errors. The db2setup.err file captures any error output that is returned by Java™ (for example, exceptions and trap information).

There is no longer a db2setup.his file. Instead, the DB2 installer saves a copy of the db2setup.log file in the DB2_DIR/install/logs/ directory, and renames it to db2install.history. If db2install.history already exists, the copy of the db2setup.log will be renamed db2install.history.xxxx where xxxx are digits starting at 0000 and increasing by 1 for the next log file.

Note: You may need to run the eject command or unmount the CD drive before you can physically remove the installation media.