# Re: DB2 Driver on RHEL 4 x86\_64 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [February 20, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-db2-driver-on-rhel-4-x86-64/54021 "2006-02-20T20:24:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-db2-driver-on-rhel-4-x86-64/54021/1 "2006-02-20T20:24:01Z")
> FWIW, I’m using DB2 8.1, and have set > DB2DIR=/opt/IBM/db2/V8.1 ; I’m pretty sure the path is > correct, and I’m installing as root. > > I’m trying to install from ruby-db2-0.4.4 Is your Ruby 32 or 64 bit (i.e. what does (2\*\*32).class return)? Was the underlying DB2 library built as 32 or 64 bit? My initial guess is that you’re trying to link a 64 bit Ruby against a 32 bit DB2 or vice-versa. Try compiling the following program with “gcc -m64 -ldb2 -o foo foo.c” and “gcc -m32 -ldb2 -o foo foo.c” and see what happens: /\* foo.c \*/ int main(){ return 0; } Regards, Dan ---
**Author:** ![BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 10:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-db2-driver-on-rhel-4-x86-64/54021/2 "2006-02-20T22:29:34Z")
When I enter ruby -version I get: ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [x86\_64-linux] I installed ruby from source using whatever compiler is on RHEL AS 4 I’m not trying to compile the program myself; I’m just using the setup.rb file… no clue how to compile manually… ---
**Author:** ![BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-db2-driver-on-rhel-4-x86-64/54021/3 "2006-02-20T22:49:16Z")
Oh, and 2\*\*32 returns Fixnum on my x86\_64 box. Thanks in advance for your help… Mustn’t be a lot of people using Ruby with DB2… ---
**Author:** ![BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 11:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-db2-driver-on-rhel-4-x86-64/54021/4 "2006-02-20T23:33:03Z")
Costas wrote: > Oh, and 2\*\*32 returns Fixnum on my x86\_64 box. You’ve got a 64 bit Ruby then. > Thanks in advance for your help… Mustn’t be a lot of people using > Ruby with DB2… What happened when you tried to compile that C program that I mentioned? Regards, Dan ---
**Author:** ![BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 11:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-db2-driver-on-rhel-4-x86-64/54021/5 "2006-02-20T23:02:01Z")
I’m using Ruby with DB2. But I’m using the ODBC interface rather than the native DB2 libraries. It works great, no hassles. ---
**Author:** ![BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-db2-driver-on-rhel-4-x86-64/54021/6 "2006-02-21T01:04:43Z")
I get this: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ldb2 collect2: ld returned 1 exit status