This directory contains the Linux port of ingres8.9 DBMS. ingres04.lzh is the most recent and complete distribution. It includes a couple of fixes for 386BSD. I still don't know what flag it uses to identify itself uniquely (a la -Dlinux for Linux) ### If you d/led the earlier distribution (called ingres.lzh) then the files update[1-3]/lzh fix some mistakes in the distribution. ### You need lha (pub/linux/sources/usr.bin/Archivers/lha-1.00.tar.Z) and byacc (in the same directory as ingres). You'll need ~2.5MB to extract the system. You'll need the same again to build the system. This is a SOURCE only distribution. You need to build the whole system from scratch. 1) READ the document setup.ingres. 1+) If you are compiling this on anything other than Linux cd to .../source change Config accordingly 2) cd to .../source/conf 3) type make allinstall 2>&1 |tee log 4) go and see a movie or something... 5) assuming all is well go to the home directory and run INSTALL.ME. To give ingres a try read .../doc/other/tutorial.doc For those interested in the internals see .../doc/other/design.doc For those wanting to create and maintain their own databases see .../other/maintain.doc I suggest you print out all docs and keep handy if you want to use INGRES. Please send all comments (and flames), patches, and suggestions to: Zeyd M. Ben-Halim zmbenhal@netcom.com