• DB2 Express-C Not Allowing De-Install

    From lilzebra68@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Tue Feb 20 16:25:02 2018
    When I installed DB2 11.1 LUW on my Linux laptop recently, the installer does not care if the user sets up the 'db2inst1' user or not.

    Not knowing the install procedure, I pressed forward and it asked for a password for the other two UIDs it sets up, 'db2' and 'db2fenc1'.

    Trying to de-install and re-install with the 'db2inst1' I got an error msg. saying that my /tmp does not have enough disk space to do the uninstall procedure.

    DB2 Uninstall log file started at: Tue Feb 20 01:41:06 PM 2018 CST ============================================================

    Operating system information: Linux 4.10.16-100.fc24.x86_64.#1 SMP Mon May 15 15:23:54 UTC 2017 x86_64
    ERROR: DBI20081E The installer detected that there is not enough free disk space in "/tmp". Free space detected in "/tmp" is: "1932500" (measured in kilobytes). Space needed is: "2000000" (measured in kilobytes).


    DB2 Uninstall log file finished at: Tue Feb 20 01:41:06 PM 2018 CST ============================================================

    If I deleted the 'db2' and 'db2fenc1' user accounts would this make more room in /tmp?

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  • From Mark Barinstein@21:1/5 to All on Tue Feb 20 20:10:47 2018
    You can redefine the temporary directory used by the DB2 installer / uninstalled with this:
    export DB2TMPDIR=/fullpath_with_2GB_of_free_space

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