UNIX: Interactive Installation with SDBINST 

Interactive Installation of the client software with SDBINST (UNIX/Linux)

On Linux operating systems, you can use the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) to install the SAP DB software. If an RPM installation of the SAP DB software has been performed on Linux, you cannot additionally carry out an SDBINST installation or SDBINST upgrade on this host.

Prerequisites

UNIX: Unpacking the Installation Files

Conventions

Variables

Procedure

Log onto your computer as the root user.

Start the installation process by entering:
./SDBINST

  1. Choose installation profile 0011 Runtime for SAP AS by entering the appropriate profile ID.
  2. Install the software package Base.
    Confirm your entries by choosing
    y .
  3. Specification of group for SAP DB database software
    Default value for
    <group> when the system is installed for the first time: sapdb
    Specification of owner for SAP DB database software
    Default value for
    <owner> when the system is installed for the first time: sapsys
    Confirm the default values by choosing
    enter.
    Specification of group and owner applies for all software packages that are selected over the course of the subsequent installation steps. For the installation profile you selected, this means that the group and owner are the same for all the software packages contained in the profile.
    For each subsequent installation, the default values for group and owner are the last values you selected for group and owner.
  4. Install the PCR<version> software packages.
  5. Confirm your entries by choosing y .

Result

All the required data has been specified and is checked. The software packages are now installed and registered.

Further activities

Check the result of your installation using the log (Logging).

UNIX: Additional Steps