v1.0 - 7 November 1999 - Pal Domokos - Original version. v1.01 - 23 December 1999 - Pal Domokos - Minor fixes.
Copyright (c) 1999 by Pal Domokos.
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This HOWTO aims to help install Ingres II on (Intel) Linux. As always, help is useful for those who need it and can utilize it as well.
If you are an Ingres pro familiar with Linux then you don't really need to read this HOWTO. Skim through it though if you have time.
If you have no previous background in relational database management (experience with at least one real RDBMS, not some dBase-like file management system), you don't know UNIX and have just started using Linux, this HOWTO won't make an easy reading for you. Even then, I don't want to persuade you not to install Ingres. Don't give up easy!
If you are not a novice in database management and have some working knowledge of Linux, this HOWTO is for you! We are not going to discuss the basics of relational database management or SQL, neither are we going to elaborate on how to edit text files in Linux. You can find as much information as you want on these topics in numerous places. This HOWTO is not an Ingres guide, either: the Ingres manuals serve that purpose.
The objective of this HOWTO is that the reader can prepare for, then implement the installation of Ingres on Linux, through simple and understandable steps. It also gives starting points for basic Ingres system administration and application development.
I can only hope that the HOWTO reaches its goal. Anyway, I ask you, the reader, to email me your feelings and criticisms concerning this document. I will try to incorporate your suggestions in the next version.
To put it briefly: there is no warranty about the validity of any statement contained in this document. Read and use at your own risk.
Furthermore, I am not an employee of Computer Associates International and I have no official links with CA. Computer Associates International bears no responsibility for the contents of this HOWTO.