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Linux Installation Guide

This guide describes how to install and license the Omnidex software on a Linux operating system.

Part 1. Remove any previous installations of Omnidex

If a previous version of Omnidex has been installed, please remove this version of the software before proceeding.

Note that if you have installed Omnidex on databases, it is not necessary to remove the Omnidex indexes on those databases before installing a new version of Omnidex. The existing indexes may be able to be reused.

Part 2. Create an Omnidex user account

Omnidex should be installed in its own user account on the Linux system. Typically, Omnidex is installed using a user named “omnidex”; however, this is not required.

Part 3. Downloading the software

Download the software from the Downloads tab in this documentation. Be sure to choose correctly between the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the software.

Part 4. Extract the software from the downloaded TAR file

The downloaded software is in TAR format. While logged on as the Omnidex user, use the tar command to extract the software.

  $ tar -xvf <filename>
  bin/
  bin/obj/
  ...

Part 5. Run "odxmake", the Omnidex linkage script

The “odxmake” script is a UNIX Korn Shell script that will build the Omnidex software. It modifies the .profile file to support Omnidex, and creates the executable files from files loaded onto the system when the software was downloaded and extracted.

Note: Because of variations in the DBMS vendor's installations and location of installed files, the odxmake file may fail during the linkage process. Please contact Technical Support Technical Support to help determine site specific installation issues.

Step 1

While logged on as the Omnidex user, execute the “odxmake” script.

$ ./odxmake

Omnidex Installer for Linux(2.6)  (v5.01.20100308)   Thu Nov 25 2010
(c)Dynamic Information Systems Corporation   1995-2010

Welcome to DISC's Omnidex 5.01 software installation system.  If 
you have any problems with this utility please contact our Technical 
Support staff at:

  In the U.S.:      Phone:      303-444-6610
                    Fax:        303-444-0208
                    Email:      support@disc.com
                    Internet:   http://www.omnidex.com
  In Europe:        Phone:      +44-1372-362777
                    Fax:        +44-1372-386418
                    Email:      support@disceurope.co.uk

Available responses to prompts are in parentheses () and default
responses are in square brackets [].

Thank you for using Omnidex.

Do you wish to continue ([Y]/N)?

Enter Y and press Return to continue with the installation.

Step 2

You will be prompted whether you want the Oracle driver. If Oracle is installed on this computer and if you will be using Omnidex to directly connect to Oracle databases, then you will need the Oracle driver. If you are not using Oracle, you should not attempt to install the driver.

Would you like the Oracle Driver (Y/[N])?y
Enter the Oracle home directory [/u/oracle]:/dbs1/ora1102/11.2.0
Enter the Oracle SID [oracle]: v1102
Enter the Oracle version 10 or [11]:11
Link using Oracle 11g libraries in /dbs1/ora1102/11.2.0/lib
Step 3

You will be prompted whether you want the unixODBC driver. This driver uses the open-source unixODBC manager to provide access to other database system using ODBC. If you are not using unixODBC, you should not attempt to install the driver.

Would you like the unixODBC driver (Y/[N])?y
Enter the unixODBC library directory [/usr/lib64]:
Link using unixODBC libraries /usr/lib64/libodbc.so
Step 4

The “odxmake” script will not create the Omnidex executables.

*****************************************************
* Begin the creation of the Omnidex executables.    *
*****************************************************
*** Setting library dependencies...  complete.
*** Creating dbinstal ... complete.
*** Creating oahelper ... complete.
*** Creating oacomp ... complete.
*** Creating oadecomp ... complete.
*** Creating oatest ... complete.
*** Creating versions ... complete.
*** Creating odxsql ... complete.
*** Creating snowgen ... complete.
*** Creating viewgen ... complete.
*** Creating regmaint ... complete.
*** Creating regtest ... complete.
*** Creating sysinfo ... complete.
*** Creating odxaim ... complete.
*** Creating odxnet ... complete.
*** Creating ldoa ... complete.
*** Updating profile ... complete.

*****************************************************
* odxmake has ended successfully.                   *
*****************************************************

If you have any difficulty installing Omnidex on your Linux operating system, please contact Technical Support for assistance.

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