Installing on UNIX

If you have not already done so, download the Micro Focus XDBC installation file, choose an installation directory to which you have permission to create files and directories, and copy the AcuCob*.tar.gz file to this directory.

Decompress the file:

gunzip AcuCob*.tar.gz

Then extract the files:

tar xvf AcuCob*.tar

Set the environment variable GENESIS_HOME to the root installation of Micro Focus XDBC. The following is an example of how to set this variable:

export GENESIS_HOME=INSTALL_DIRECTORY

Note: The value of the environment variable should not have a / as the last character, because this can interfere with installation and configuration scripts.

Change your directory to the GENESIS_HOME bin directory:

cd $GENESIS_HOME/bin

Set or modify environment variables that point to the location of the Micro Focus XDBC executable files and to tell the operating system where to find the Micro Focus XDBC and Server Express shared libraries. On Linux, use the PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH variables, for example:

export PATH=INSTALL_DIRECTORY/bin:$PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=INSTALL_DIRECTORY/bin:INSTALL_DIRECTORY/lib:$COBDIR/lib;$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Important: Make sure the path for $COBDIR is specified after the INSTALL_DIRECTORY paths.

Note: The environment variables you set or modify are dependent on your operating system. Here are some examples:

AIX (5.1 and later):	LIBPATH
Linux, Solaris, and64-bit HP-UX:	LD_LIBRARY_PATH
64-bit Solaris alternative:	LD_LIBRARY_PATH_64
32-bit HP-UX (11.0 and later):	SHLIB_PATH

If you are using CES licenses to set or modify environment variables that point to the location of the CES license files, you can do this using one of the following methods:

Add /var/microfocuslicensing/bin to the end of the LD_LIBRARY_PATH (or the variable you used from above):
```
export
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/var/microfocuslicensing/bin
```

Set or modify the following environment variables:

export CESLIB=/var/microfocuslicensing/bin
export MFCES_INIT_LOCATION=/var/microfocuslicensing/bin/ces.ini

Run mfgenconf.sh to create a configuration file, called mfdbc.cfg by default. The configuration file must be located at $GENESIS_HOME.

You may modify the Micro Focus XDBC configuration file, if you wish. There are two required variables, DICTSOURCE and FILE_PREFIX, and other variables may be needed depending on your situation.

Below is a partial sample of mfdbc.cfg showing the syntax for the two required variables. Note that this file also contains sample syntax and instructions for all available variables. If you want to use this file, you can remove the comment indicators from any of the other variables listed in mfdbc.cfg.

# The path to your system catalog directory. This is a required variable

DICTSOURCE /usr2/mfxdbc/mf_syscat

# The path to your data files. You must prepend the line with a semi-colon,
# use either double backslashes ("\\") or forward slashes ("/"),
# and separate your paths by semi-colons. This is a required variable.

FILE_PREFIX ;/usr2/mfxdbc/mf_data;/usr2/mfxdbc/sample/mfxdbc/mfu_data

Note: For FILE_PREFIX, the delimiting character is a semi-colon or colon. Spaces are not supported in thisMicro Focus XDBC variable.