[MonetDB-users] MonetDB binary distribution question
Dear MonetDB users,
Our install procedure for MonetDB currently consists of unpacking MonetDB-Aug2008-SuperBall.tar.bz2 and running the monetdb-install.sh script. This takes a long time to complete.
We would like to get or create a binary distribution for a Linux system (Ubuntu 8.04 / Fedora).
For this, we like to know the following: - Is the Monet binary dependent on the system where it is built? - Can we pack the generated binaries and install them on a different Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) computer? - Can we even install this binary in a different directory? - What external dependencies are used? - Which paths are used and which paths settings are assumed in the binary?
In other words: what is necessary for a copied distribution to work correcly on a different computer and/or a different directory as for which it was built.
Thanks in advance for your explanatory answer.
Regards, Hans van Rijswijk Netherlands Forensic Institute Tel: 070-8886638
Dear Hans,
RPM's for Fedora do exist. Since you are also interest in ubuntu packages, and others users too, we have a plan to create packages for ubuntu. There already be done some steps towards that by Gijs (see http://www.nabble.com/Ubuntu-packages-and-launchpad-PPA-for-MonetDB-td194177...).
The new upcoming release will not be available immediately with ubuntu packages but they will be created soon after, so you can get them.
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Hans van Rijswijk (DT) hans@holmes.nl wrote:
Dear MonetDB users,
Our install procedure for MonetDB currently consists of unpacking MonetDB-Aug2008-SuperBall.tar.bz2 and running the monetdb-install.sh script. This takes a long time to complete.
We would like to get or create a binary distribution for a Linux system (Ubuntu 8.04 / Fedora).
For this, we like to know the following:
- Is the Monet binary dependent on the system where it is built?
- Can we pack the generated binaries and install them on a different
Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) computer?
- Can we even install this binary in a different directory?
- What external dependencies are used?
- Which paths are used and which paths settings are assumed in the
binary?
In other words: what is necessary for a copied distribution to work correcly on a different computer and/or a different directory as for which it was built.
Thanks in advance for your explanatory answer.
Regards, Hans van Rijswijk Netherlands Forensic Institute Tel: 070-8886638
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Hi Hans,
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:44:33AM +0100, Hans van Rijswijk (DT) wrote:
Dear MonetDB users,
Our install procedure for MonetDB currently consists of unpacking MonetDB-Aug2008-SuperBall.tar.bz2 and running the monetdb-install.sh script. This takes a long time to complete.
Well, it compiles from the sources, and MonetDB is not a tiny project ... ;-)
We would like to get or create a binary distribution for a Linux system (Ubuntu 8.04 / Fedora).
What about "simply" using the available binary Linux distributions (Fedora RPMs & Ubuntu PKGs) available from/via http://monetdb.cwi.nl/Download/ ???
For this, we like to know the following:
- Is the Monet binary dependent on the system where it is built?
Well, yes: E.g., an x86 binary cannot run on a SPARC machine; a 64-bit binary cannot run on a 32-bit machine; MonetDB dynamically links/loads shared system libraries, on the install machine they need to be compatible with those on the build machine; etc.
- Can we pack the generated binaries and install them on a different
Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) computer?
If the shared libraries and used/expected PATHs are compatible: yes; however, in most cases this does not work that easily...
- Can we even install this binary in a different directory?
I f you adapt the PATHs in MonetDB.conf (resp. monetdb5.conf) and all monetdb*.config files this *might* work, but in general we would not call MonetDB "relocatable" and do not support such feature.
- What external dependencies are used?
Shared standard systems libraries; shared libraries of extension packages checked for by configure; a.o., readline, xml2, pcre, etc.
- Which paths are used and which paths settings are assumed in the
binary?
Various; see the above metioned files for details.
In other words: what is necessary for a copied distribution to work correcly on a different computer and/or a different directory as for which it was built.
I would stronly recomment to not simply "copy" a binary installation "by hand", but rather use one of the packaged binary installations available from/via http://monetdb.cwi.nl/Download/ .
In case you prefer to copy by hand, I would not "promise" that anything else but "compatible" machine (HW & SW) and identical location & directory structure would work (easily).
Thanks in advance for your explanatory answer.
Stefan
Regards, Hans van Rijswijk Netherlands Forensic Institute Tel: 070-8886638
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