Sybase ASE Express edition

[polomint]

Hello,

Just wondering if anyone has managed to install the free edition of Sybase ASE 15.0.2 for linux?

I've followed the instructions from here:
http://www.peppler.org/linux-install.html
and
http://www.peppler.org/FAQ/linux.html

but got stuck on the stage where the installer builds the master database. no matter what I try it always segfaults. setting the LD_POINTER_GUARD enviroment variable to 0 or 1 as suggested by some ppl did help either.

any help would be appreciated!

[gritsul]

Bad news: It will not work. Because of the libc.

It seems it will not work on fresh distro's of Suse and Fedora too.

So better forget about it.

Use Postgress instead.

[ghostdog74]

you can still download the 11.9.2 versoin and have a try on it.

[redbull_monsta]

the error is caused because aswell as libaio you will also need libaio_devel installed

I know as i used to work for Sybase

However ASE 15 was compiled on an older version of glibc so your mileage may vary

I have had it running on 6.10 and 7.04

Regards

Redbull

[taihoanh]

Hello,

does it mean that Sybase will probably NOT work on Ubuntu Hardy Heron ?

Thanks for your answers.

[jackos]

This should work fine now:

http://blogs.sybase.com/master/master_04290804.asp

Cheers
Jackos

[hans.kramer@xs4all.nl]

www.happy-hacking.com has the solution for you:

http://www.happy-hacking.com/index.p....0.2_on_Ubuntu

[cw19]

Hi,
To fix the problem is a very simple matter.
ASE requires at least 64 MB of shared memory. To increase, for example, 256 MB, you must add the line:

kernel.shmmax = 268435456

to /etc/sysctl.conf
Then load the setup command:

/sbin/sysctl -p

That's all.
Regards, Bogdan cw19.

[JonEK90]

Hi all,

just to let you know that I am using 9.10 (Karmic Koala).
(I am VERY new to Ubuntu - but been around UNIX for a long time.)

I was able to make the current release of Sybase ASE (free) which is 15.0.3 ESD#1 work out of the box.

It requires the package libaio1 to be installed and shmmax to be set (as described above).

The the installer will run without problems.

Have fun with it,
- jon.

[lakshman_ab]

Hi folks,
I'm new to Ubuntu but familiar with UNIX.
I'm in the process of installing the developers edition of ASE 15.0.3 on Karmic Koala (9.10) and have a few questions.

kernel.shmmax = 268435456
sudo apt-get install build-essential libaio1 # Fix libaio issue

1) I've created a 'sybase' user via the menus but I'm unable to run xterm under it. On my main ubuntu account xterm works (DISPLAY=:0.0) fine. What should be the display variable for the new SYBASE user?
sybase@ubuntu:~$ export DISPLAY=:0.0
sybase@ubuntu:~$ xterm
No protocol specified
xterm Xt error: Can't open display: :0.0

2) Is it OK to use sudo to run the ASE installation as /opt needs root write perms?
sudo ./setup # ASE installation program