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# 3. Install Sybase

Download the Sybase-ASE files from linux.sybase.com. Sybase-ASE 11.0.3.3 is free for production. This howto refers to that version.

First, install the Sybase RPMS as root:

        # rpm -ivh sybase-ase-11_0_3_3-6_i386.rpm
        # rpm -ivh sybase-doc-11_0_3_3-6_i386.rpm
        # rpm -ivh sybase-ocsd-10_0_4-6_i386.rpm

For information on how to configure Sybase, read the instructions in the file `/opt/sybase/doc/howto/howto-ase-quickstart.html`. This document is very good, so we shouldn't need any more information here.

> Hint: After you have installed the sample database and run a select against it, you can stop following the instructions. The rest of the howto goes on to uninstall the sample database, but we want to keep it for testing later.

> NOTE: Some people have reported problems with the way the Sybase init scripts try to guess the Sybase directory. If you see the following error:

>         export: sybase-ase-11.0.3.3: not a legal variable name

> when trying to run sybinstall.sh, then you need to edit the sybinstall.sh. Open the script and find the following lines (around line 104):

>     # export SYBASE=/opt/sybase
>     export SYBASE=`rpm -q --queryformat \
>     		'%{installprefix}\n' sybase-ase-11.0.3.3`

> Change these lines so they look like this:

>     export SYBASE=/opt/sybase
>     #export SYBASE=`rpm -q --queryformat \
>     #		'%{installprefix}\n' sybase-ase-11.0.3.3`

> This hardcodes the SYBASE path to /opt/sybase. If you did install Sybase somewhere non-standard and you get this error, you will have to change this path to point to your Sybase directory.

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