Sybase ASE on Linux FAQ - Fedora

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• Running ASE 12.5.1 on Fedora

Fedora is the new name of Red Hat's "consumer" releases (as opposed to their "Enterprise" releases).

ASE 12.5.1 requires a Java JVM to install. I downloaded mine from http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html. There are some instructions on performing the JVM install at http://fedora.artoo.net/faq/#Java.

Next, the dataserver binary is linked with some older libstdc++.so libraries. To get these libraries you need to install compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.118.i386.rpm. This is available in the Fedora distribution.

Now you are ready to go ahead and install.

Note that the 12.5.1 installer doesn't create a "sybase" user for you, doesn't install any rc files, and doesn't edit /etc/ld.so.conf, so you'll have to do that yourself. Also remember to set the kernel.shmmax entry in /etc/sysctl.conf and run /sbin/sysctl -p before building a new server.

Sybase ASE on Linux FAQ