Installation on Windows and Linux

Installation on Windows

  1. Download the required version of DB2 software from IBM
  2. Extract the product installation files and run setup.exe as an admin
  3. Setup will guide you through the installation and any settings if required.

Installation on Linux

Using db2setup(GUI)

  1. Download the required version of DB2 software from IBM
  2. Untar the zip file
tar -xvf DB2_downloaded_filename
  1. set the DISPLAY variable to run the GUI installation setup.
EXPORT DISPLAY=:0.0
  1. Go to Server directory and run the db2setup file
./db2setup
  1. Now the Setup will guide you through the installation and any settings if required.