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Setting Up a Python-Db2 Development Environment, Part 2

Installing the Db2 Software. Learn about setting up the application development environment in the first article.

By Roger Sanders

Editor's Note: This article is excerpted from chapter 5 of QuickStart Guide to Db2 Development with Python, by Roger Sanders.

Once the required Linux shared library files have been installed and the tarball containing the Db2 software has been downloaded, you need to extract the software from the tarball, and then use the installation program provided (db2setup) to install and configure Db2. This can be done by performing the following steps:

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