通过二进制软件包安装AUBit4GL

Question

I am trying to experiment with AUBIT4GL, an Informix clone. I am running into a problem with the process as the steps outlined in the manual and the instructions given in the ./etc/aubitrc file seem to be a tad incomplete.

My questions are:

1. What is the purpose of the ./configure and ./make scripts in the distribution directory given that the software is distributed as a binary package and the install instructions make not reference to them?

2. Where is the env TARGET_OS set and why is there no reference to this setting in the install instructions when failing to define it causes the aubit program to fail?

3. Is anyone else besides me using this software or has attempted to?

Answer 1

If you're running on Linux - always trying compiling from source.

If you must run from binary - you dont need to do anything with the ./configure or make.

Just point $AUBITDIR to the code. set PATH to include $AUBITDIR/bin set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to include $AUBITDIR/lib

and you should be good to go.

For Windows - its pretty much the same - except compiling from source is a massive pain - so use the binary ;) There - you need to have PATH include both %AUBITDIR%/bin and %AUBITDIR%/lib

In both cases - you'll likely need to make some configuration settings (what type of database, what UI etc etc)

If you're using Informix on Linux, setting :

export A4GL_UI=TUI export A4GL_SQLTYPE=esql

will probably be enough (if they are not defaulted in the $AUBITDIR/etc/aubitrc)