Quick Beginnings for DB2 Universal Database for UNIX

Step 1. Install DB2

Use the db2_install command, which is available on the DB2 CD-ROM, to install DB2. If your system does not have a local CD-ROM drive, you can mount the CD-ROM on a different system and NFS mount on the current system.

To install DB2 from the DB2 CD-ROM, perform the following steps:

Log in as a user with root authority.
Insert the DB2 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive and mount it as in the following example:
```
   mount -F cdfs -o ro /dev/cdrom/c0b0t510 /cdrom
```
where c0b0t510 is the device name found under the /dev/cdrom directory and varies with the particular hardware on the system.
Run the db2_install command as follows:
```
   /cdrom/db2_install
```
The db2_install command prompts for one or more of the following to be installed, and for the base directory where the product files are to be installed. The products are listed by keyword and product description.

DB2.CAE
DB2 Universal Database Client Application Enabler
DB2.WKGP
DB2 Universal Database Enterprise Edition for SCO UnixWare 7
DB2.ENTP
DB2 Universal Database Enterprise Edition for SCO UnixWare 7
DB2.CONN
DB2 Connect Enterprise Edition for SCO UnixWare 7
DB2.SDK
DB2 Universal Database Software Developer's Kit
NetQ
IBM NetQuestion

The command displays the following prompt: Specify one or more of the keywords separated by spaces.
Type the keyword of the products to be installed when prompted.
Type the name of the base directory when prompted. The default base directory is /opt.
If the default base directory is used, all files will be installed in the /opt/IBMdb2/V5.0 directory.
Enter Yes to start the DB2 product installation.

Installing the DB2 Product Library (Optional)

To view DB2 product documents online, HTML versions of these documents are provided for installation. These documents are translated into several languages. However, not every manual in the DB2 product library is translated into multiple languages. The English version of every manual is available in HTML format. When you select a non-English HTML fileset without selecting the English version, the English HTML fileset is also installed.

A separate package exists for every language in which DB2 documents are translated. Packages for DB2 documentation are given names such as db2ht%L50, where %L represents two letters for the language and locale identifier.

For example, the package name for the DB2 Product Library in English is db2hten50. For a complete list of packages for the DB2 Product Library, see Appendix B. Contents of the DB2 Products.

To install the DB2 Product Library (HTML) package, do the following:

Log in as a user with root authority and mount the DB2 product CD-ROM as described in Step 1. Install DB2.
Run the pkgadd command as follows:
```
   pkgadd -d cdrom-dir/db2 pkgname
```
where cdrom-dir is the CD-ROM mount directory and pkgname is the package name. For example, to install DB2 documentation in English, you can enter the following command:
```
   pkgadd -d /cdrom-dir/db2 db2hten50
```
This command installs the compressed-tar files for the DB2 documents in the /opt/IBMdb2/V5.0/doc/lang/html directory, where lang is the language and locale identifier.
Run the following command to uncompress and untar the HTML files:
```
   /opt/IBMdb2/V5.0/doc/db2insthtml lang
```
where lang is the language and locale identifier.
For example, lang=en_US for English. For valid language/locale identifiers, see Table 35.
From your Web browser, open the following URL to view the DB2 manuals:
```
   file:/opt/IBMdb2/V5.0/doc/en_US/html/index.htm
```

To recover some disk space, you may want to remove the compressed tar files. It is recommended that you do not just remove the compressed tar HTML files; instead, you should remove the fileset for the DB2 Product Library.

After the fileset is removed, only compressed tar files will be removed. You will still be able to view the online DB2 books.

Installing the DB2 Product Messages (Optional)

A separate package exists for every locale in which DB2 Product Messages are translated. Packages for DB2 Product Messages are given names such as db2ms%L50, where %L represents two letters for the language name. For example, the package name for the DB2 Product Messages in the de (German) locale is db2msde50. For a complete list of DB2 Product Messages, see Appendix B. Contents of the DB2 Products.

To install DB2 Product Message packages, do the following:

Log in as a user with root authority and mount the DB2 CD-ROM as described in Step 1. Install DB2.
Run the pkgadd command as follows:
```
   pkgadd -d cdrom-dir/db2 pkgname
```
where cdrom-dir is the CD-ROM mount directory and pkgname is the package name.
For example, to install the DB2 Product Messages in the de (German) locale, enter the following command:
```
    pkgadd -d /cdrom/db2 db2msde50
```

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