In the UNIX and Linux environments, a system information file is used to store data source information. Setup installs a default version of this file, called odbc.ini, in the product installation directory (see ODBCINI for details about relocating and renaming this file). This is a plain text file that contains data source definitions. If you have a Motif graphical user interface (GUI) in your Linux environment, you can use the DataDirect ODBC Data Source Administrator for Linux (the Linux ODBC Administrator) to create or modify data source definitions in this file (see Configuration Through the Administrator for details). If you do not, see Configuration Through the System Information (odbc.ini) File and follow the instructions for configuring the file.

On Linux, you can determine if you are using Motif through the following command:

The rpm command returns output similar to:

If you are not using a GUI, you can use any text editor to create or modify data source definitions directly in the odbc.ini file. See Configuration Through the System Information (odbc.ini) File for details.