IBM Informix Installation Notes for IBM Informix JDBC Driver 3.50.JC6, December 2009 This file contains instructions for installing and uninstalling IBM® Informix® JDBC Driver 3.50.JC6. JDK REQUIREMENT _____________________________ To use IBM Informix JDBC Driver Version 3.50.JC6, you must use a JDK 1.4.2 or later package on your platform. OBTAINING THE JDBC DRIVER _____________________________ You can obtain the IBM Informix JDBC Driver from the IBM Informix JDBC Driver product CD, from the JDBC directory of the IBM Informix product bundle CD, or you can download the driver from http://www.ibm.com/software/data/informix/tools/jdbc The CD or Web site download contain the following files: * setup.jar * doc/jdbcrel.htm * doc/install.txt (this file) * doc/patchinfo.htm The setup.jar file is the IBM Informix JDBC Driver installation program. The documentation directory, /doc, contains the release notes file in HTML format. Refer to this document for any new information that is not available in the manual. INSTALLING THE JDBC DRIVER _____________________________ Prerequisites: If you downloaded the IBM Informix JDBC Driver as .zip file from the Web site, unzip the file to a directory. If you are installing the driver from a CD, load the CD into the CD-ROM drive. INSTALLING JDBC DRIVER IN GRAPHICAL OR CONSOLE MODE 1. From a command prompt, start the installation program by using one of the following commands: * To start in graphical mode: java -cp /setup.jar run * To start in console mode: java -cp /setup.jar run -console Where is the location of the setup.jar file. If you want to log information during the installation, also specify the -log parameter. See LOGGING INSTALLATION EVENTS for information about the arguments that you can use with this parameter. 2. Read the license agreement and accept the terms. Respond to the prompts as the installation guides you. 3. When prompted, accept the default directory or specify a different directory. On a Windows platform, the default directory is: C:\Program Files\IBM\Informix_JDBC_Driver To prevent errors in installation and uninstallation, do not use an exclamation point character (!) in the installation path. 4. When prompted, verify the location of the installation path. The installer installs the JDBC driver and notifies you that an uninstaller is being added to the installation directory. Note: If the installation stalls when connected to an NFS-mounted file system, you should first try resolving NFS issues. In some cases, unmounting and remounting the share can resolve the issue. Otherwise, forcefully terminate the installation, clean up any orphaned processes, and restart the installation. 5. Specify Finish when you see this message: InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed IBM Informix JDBC Driver. INSTALLING INFORMIX JDBC DRIVER IN SILENT MODE From a command prompt, run the following command: java -cp /setup.jar run -silent -P product.installLocation= -G licenseAccepted=true Where: is the location of setup.jar file. is the directory where you want to install the JDBC Driver. The installation is complete when the command has finished executing. If you want to log information during the installation, also specify the -log parameter. See LOGGING INSTALLATION EVENTS for information about the arguments that you can use with this parameter. LOGGING INSTALLATION EVENTS _____________________________ You can enable logging by specifying the -log option when you run the command to install the driver. The -log option takes arguments for file type, event type, and file location. For example, to install the IBM Informix JDBC Driver in graphical mode and retain a log of the events, run the following command: java -cp setup.jar run -log #![filename] @[event type];[event type] Where: # echoes the display to standard output. ![filename] is the name for the log file. You can omit the [filename] argument to save the log information to the default file name. @ is the event type that you want to log. Following are the arguments and their associated event types: Argument Event Type err Errors wrn Warning msg1 Primary events msg2 Secondary events dbg Debug events ALL All events NONE Disables logging and clears the log file LOGGING EXAMPLES The following command installs IBM Informix JDBC Driver in the graphical mode and logs all events to /tmp/jdbcinstall.log: java -cp setup.jar run -log !/tmp/jdbcinstall.log @ALL The following command installs IBM Informix JDBC Driver in silent mode and logs error events to /tmp/jdbcinstall.log: java -cp setup.jar run -silent -P product.installLocation=< > -log !"/tmp/jdbcinstall.log" @err UNINSTALLING THE JDBC DRIVER _____________________________ When you install IBM Informix JDBC Driver, the installation program creates an uninstall package in the directory in which you installed the JDBC Driver. Uninstalling IBM Informix JDBC Driver completely removes the driver and all of its components from your computer. The following section describes how to uninstall IBM Informix JDBC Driver on all platforms. Tip: If the in which you installed the IBM Informix JDBC Driver includes spaces in its pathname, enclose the entire pathname in quotation marks when executing the uninstall command. UNINSTALLING IN GRAPHICAL OR CONSOLE MODE Run one of the following commands to start the uninstall program, where is the directory in which you installed the IBM Informix JDBC Driver: To start in graphical mode: java -cp /_uninst/uninstall.jar run To start in console mode: java -cp /_uninst/uninstall.jar run -console Follow the prompts to uninstall the JDBC driver. 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