[HOWTO] Installing the DB2 client under Linux

[teewurstmann]

This might be quite helpful for some (it was for us):
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/library/techarticle/dm-0409cline2/readme_linux.txt
This guide from IBM explains how to install the db2 client under linux. It answers a lot of questions about the DB2INSTANCE variable and stuff.
In connection with the other great Gentoo-specific DB2 how-tos on this forum, it makes the db2 installation quite straight-forward.

- twm

(see German language Post edit below)
By the way... we wrote a step-by-step-install for a DB2 Client 8.1 under Gentoo Linux which contains all the information that is needed now. No more searching around the web for detail-questions. Currently it is only available in german, but as soon as we have the time, we will translate it. (if someone wants to help, you're welcome).

Übrigens... wir haben eine Schritt-für-Schritt-Installationsanleitung für einen DB2 Client 8.1 unter Gentoo Linux geschrieben, die alle Infos enthält, die man braucht. Kein herumsuchen mehr im Web für Detail-Fragen. Sie ist momentan nur in Deutsch verfügbar, aber sobald wir etwas Zeit finden, werden wir sie übersetzen. (falls jemand helfen möchte nehmen wir gern an).

http://iedb.org/db2/db2-install.txt