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Default Installation Configuration
When run in express mode, which is the default installation mode, Ingres is installed with the default configuration and as user “ingres”. The default configuration is a full installation with all products. The installer does not prompt other than to accept the license.
The install.sh command always requires the -licdir flag.
The IANA time zones are extracted from the package and not downloaded from iana.org.
The Spark Provider is installed but the -sparkdownload flag is required to install Apache Spark.
The default settings are as follows:
• II_SYSTEM: /opt/Actian/IngresII
• II_INSTALLATION: II
• Instance Owner: ingres
• Time zone: America-Los_Angeles
• Character set: ISO88591
• Date alias: ansidate
• Licensing notifications are not enabled
The following products are installed by default:
• Ingres 32bit support
• Ingres Networked client
• Ingres Networked DBMS Server
• Ingres Networked DBMS Server
• Ingres Stand-alone DBMS Server
• Query and Reporting Runtime
• Query and Reporting Tools
• Terminal Monitors
• Ingres DBMS
• Ingres Networking
• Ingres Data Access Server
• Ingres Star Distributed DBMS
• Embedded SQL Precompilers
• Ingres ODBC Driver
• INGRES 6.x Compatible Message
• Ingres ABF and VisionPro
• Ingres DTP for Tuxedo
• Ingres Object Management
• Ingres Protocol Bridge
• Ingres Replicator
• Ingres C2 Security Auditing
• Ingres Director
Installing Multiple Instances
The express_install program cannot be used to install another instance on the same machine. If you want to install another instance, follow these steps:
1. Rebuild the RPM packages, as described in Rebuild RPM Package with Unique Name.
2. Run the RPM commands, as described in Install Ingres Using RPM Commands.
3. Run the service script to configure the instance, as described in Run iisystemd Specifying II_RESPONSE_FILE.
Last modified date: 02/09/2026