The topics in this section provide requirements and procedures for installing DataDirect Hybrid Data Pipeline Driver for ODBC on Linux systems.

Hybrid Data Pipeline Driver for ODBC is an ODBC API-compliant dynamic link library, referred to in Linux as a shared object. The prefix for the 32-bit driver file name is iv. The prefix for the 64-bit driver file name is dd. The driver file names are lowercase and the extension is .so, the standard form for a shared object. For example, the 32-bit Hybrid Data Pipeline driver file name is ivhybridnn.so, where nn is the revision number of the driver.

Before you install the Hybrid Data Pipeline Driver for ODBC on a Linux system:

  • Verify that you have write privileges for the installation directory.
  • Refer to Linux system requirements to verify that your system meets system requirements.

If running UTF-16 applications in a Linux environment, modify the applications as described in UTF-16 Applications on Linux

Note: A home directory is required, and the installer must have access to it. For Linux installations, the home directory is the $HOME directory.