Before You Install PSQL on Linux or OS X

Before You Install PSQL on Linux or OS X

Before installing or upgrading PSQL Server, Vx Server, or Client, review the following information:

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System requirements listed on the PSQL website.

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Chapter 2, Preparing to Install PSQL – Important information, including platform-specific notes.

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Release Notes – Located in readme_psql.htm on the website and containing late-breaking news that may not be included in the user documentation.

You must be logged in as root to install any of the products. If you are installing from the CD, you must be at the CD root directory.

If you have any trouble with an installation, see Troubleshooting After Installation.

Full and Client Installations

PSQL offers 64-bit full and client installations as TAR packages for Linux and OS X, as RPM packages for Linux, and as DMG packages for OS X. A full installation includes the engine and client files, utilities, and the complete user documentation. Client installations provide only files needed to support a client, including utilities and documentation. If you have 32-bit applications, support is still provided as an additional client access installation. The following table lists the installation packages.

Table 9

Full and Client Installations on Linux and OS X

Engine and client files, utilities, and documentation

Vx Server 64-bit

Engine and client files, utilities, and documentation

Client files, utilities, and documentation

Client Access 32-bit
(Linux only)

Client files and limited 32-bit utilities. Installed after one of the other three products.

Note: Glibc and stdc++ packages are prerequisites for the Client Access installation. Before installing Client Access, you can add them from the repository of your Linux distribution using a yum command:

yum install glibc.i686 libstdc++.i686

Connecting from a Linux or OS X Client to a Windows Server or Vx Server

You can access the PSQL MicroKernel Engine across a network from a Linux or OS X client at the Btrieve file level by using SMB-compatible file sharing. You can find more information at www.samba.org. For more information on remote Btrieve-level access, see Supported Path Formats for Samba.

If your database server engine fails to meet certain installation requirements, your applications may receive the status code “3031: Linux requester cannot connect to this server,” indicating a client-server incompatibility. In some cases, you may receive “94: The application encountered a permission error.”