After successfully installing IBM DB2 Express V10.5_01 on an Ubuntu 14.04 LTS machine I tried to follow the next step and start
db2fs
in an X-Windows session. I am asked to create a profile for firefox and a browser window comes up with an error message dialog showing
exception TypeError: netscape.security.PrivilegeManager is undefined
When pressing ok for a few times the "create sample database" button disappears and instead a warning appears:
First Steps was unable to connect to the online DB2 Information Center and could not find an instance of a locally installed DB2 Information Center for this version of the product. To access product information, one of the following types of connections to a DB2 Information Center is required:
Internet access to the online DB2 Information Center
A locally installed version of the DB2 Information Center
Access to a remotely configured DB2 Information Center
As a workaround I tried to use
db2sampl
after adding my user to the groups dasadm1 db2iadm1 and db2fadm1 that had been created by the installation procedure.
db2sampl -force
Creating database "SAMPLE"...
Existing "SAMPLE" database found...
Dropping and recreating database "SAMPLE"...
Attempt to drop existing database "SAMPLE" failed.
Attempt to create the database "SAMPLE" failed.
SQL1013N The database alias name or database name "SAMPLE " could not be
found. SQLSTATE=42705
db2 list db directory
shows:
Database alias = SAMPLE
Database name = SAMPLE
Local database directory = <path>/db2inst1
Database release level = 10.00
Comment =
Directory entry type = Indirect
Catalog database partition number = -1
Alternate server hostname =
Alternate server port number =
unfortunately
db2cc
is not available anymore as an admin tool in V10.5 see DB2 Express V10.1 and db2cc binary and before downloading IBM Data Studio I'd first like to check the basic integrity of my installation.
db2help
e.g. gives the errormessage
/bin/sh: 0: Illegal option -p
In all I have the feeling that Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is not a properyly supported platform for IBM DB2 Express V10.5_01.
How feasible is it to get IBM DB2 Express V10.5_01 running in this environment?