rpm based installation of IBM Db2 version 7.2

[rieger]

running the install script or manually trying to unpack the rpms, I get:


installing via
rpm --install --nodeps db2XYZ.rpm
results in:


rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Packages: unsupported hash version: 8
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Invalid argument (22)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm


I have a /var/lib/rpm/Packages.

I tried rpm --rebuild, fails with almost same error message

when starting install via ./db2_install,
I get the almost the same error except the last line now reads

RPM does not seem to be installed. Exiting...

I have RPM installed...
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haree

[vki]

Hello,

Try this: copy the CD on the hard disk.
Edit the db2_install script
Replace rpm -ivh with rpm --nodeps -ivh
Comment the line rpm -qa|grep rpm

It will install the rpm files.

Also check this site:

http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/library/techarticle/dm-0403wright/

I'm personnalyy stuck further. I created the instance users etc., but db2icrt (to create the instance) doesn't work because there are failed dependencies.

When I try to install without the --nodeps it complanis about sh and ksh missing...Any idea? I guess I have to include sh and ksh in the rpm packages library. But I don't want to install those via rpm since they're already installed via emerge...

[teewurstmann]

Ok, I had the same problem.

You have to do this:

use rpm2targz to unpack the messsage files (found in /db2/linux on the folders you copied from the CD):