DB2 for Mac install fails

What is it with IBM and products that fail to install?!?

I downloaded the beta of DB2 for Mac (version 9.5.2). The install went fine, until creating the actual instance. At which point it fails miserably. Firstly, it needs xcode installed, so signup for a free Apple Developer account and get that installed. After some digging, I found that the developer at IBM linked a bunch of executables to library files under /Users/rchase and /wsdb. Here is a quick script to resolve this by creating links in the right places:

mkdir /Users/rchase
mkdir /Users/rchase/build
mkdir /Users/rchase/build/rchase_db2_v95fp2_darwinport_darwin64_s081205_S1
mkdir /Users/rchase/build/rchase_db2_v95fp2_darwinport_darwin64_s081205_S1/INST/   
mkdir /Users/rchase/build/rchase_db2_v95fp2_darwinport_darwin64_s081205_S1/INST/lib

ln -s /opt/IBM/db2/V9.5/lib64/libdb2locale.dylib /Users/rchase/build/rchase_db2_v95fp2_darwinport_darwin64_s081205_S1/INST/lib/
ln -s /opt/IBM/db2/V9.5/lib64/libdb2.dylib /Users/rchase/build/rchase_db2_v95fp2_darwinport_darwin64_s081205_S1/INST/lib/
ln -s /opt/IBM/db2/V9.5/lib64/libdb2dascmn.dylib /Users/rchase/build/rchase_db2_v95fp2_darwinport_darwin64_s081205_S1/INST/lib/
ln -s /opt/IBM/db2/V9.5/lib64/libdb2osse.dylib /Users/rchase/build/rchase_db2_v95fp2_darwinport_darwin64_s081205_S1/INST/lib/
ln -s /opt/IBM/db2/V9.5/lib64/libdb2osse_db2.dylib /Users/rchase/build/rchase_db2_v95fp2_darwinport_darwin64_s081205_S1/INST/lib/
ln -s /opt/IBM/db2/V9.5/lib64/libdb2install.dylib /Users/rchase/build/rchase_db2_v95fp2_darwinport_darwin64_s081205_S1/INST/lib/
ln -s /opt/IBM/db2/V9.5/lib64/libdb2g11n.dylib /Users/rchase/build/rchase_db2_v95fp2_darwinport_darwin64_s081205_S1/INST/lib/
ln -s /opt/IBM/db2/V9.5/lib64/libdb2genreg.dylib /Users/rchase/build/rchase_db2_v95fp2_darwinport_darwin64_s081205_S1/INST/lib/
ln -s /opt/IBM/db2/V9.5/lib64/libdb2trcapi.dylib /Users/rchase/build/rchase_db2_v95fp2_darwinport_darwin64_s081205_S1/INST/lib/
ln -s /opt/IBM/db2/V9.5/lib64/libdb2dasapi.dylib /Users/rchase/build/rchase_db2_v95fp2_darwinport_darwin64_s081205_S1/INST/lib/
ln -s /opt/IBM/db2/V9.5/lib64/libdb2dasgcf.dylib /Users/rchase/build/rchase_db2_v95fp2_darwinport_darwin64_s081205_S1/INST/lib/
ln -s /opt/IBM/db2/V9.5/lib64/libdb2sec.dylib /Users/rchase/build/rchase_db2_v95fp2_darwinport_darwin64_s081205_S1/INST/lib/

mkdir /wsdb
mkdir /wsdb/db2_v95fp2_darwinport
mkdir /wsdb/db2_v95fp2_darwinport/darwin64
mkdir /wsdb/db2_v95fp2_darwinport/darwin64/s081205
mkdir /wsdb/db2_v95fp2_darwinport/darwin64/s081205/INST
mkdir /wsdb/db2_v95fp2_darwinport/darwin64/s081205/INST/lib

ln -s  /opt/IBM/db2/V9.5/lib64/libdb2install.dylib /wsdb/db2_v95fp2_darwinport/darwin64/s081205/INST/lib/
ln -s  /opt/IBM/db2/V9.5/lib64/libdb2genreg.dylib /wsdb/db2_v95fp2_darwinport/darwin64/s081205/INST/lib/
ln -s  /opt/IBM/db2/V9.5/lib64/libdb2osse.dylib /wsdb/db2_v95fp2_darwinport/darwin64/s081205/INST/lib/
ln -s  /opt/IBM/db2/V9.5/lib64/libdb2trcapi.dylib /wsdb/db2_v95fp2_darwinport/darwin64/s081205/INST/lib/

After doing this, the programs don’t complain about missing libraries anymore…. I’m still unable to get db2icrt to create the instance, but I’m much closer than when I started. I would recommend doing the install, but make sure to select the option to not create any instances. Then, create the links to the missing files, and create the instance manually.