How to setup the Ruby driver for DB2 on Linux

Yesterday I wrote a short guide to setting up DB2 9.5, Ruby and the IBM_DB driver on Linux (32 or 64 bits), and published it on my personal blog. I didn’t host it on DB2onRails.com since it also covers the installation of the newly released Python driver, a subject somewhat off-topic for this blog. That said, the step-by-step instructions provided for Ubuntu 7.10 may be very useful to many of our Ruby users following this blog. If you’re experiencing problems with the installation of DB2 9.5 or the ibm_db Ruby gem on Linux, check out Guide to setting up the IBM Ruby and Python drivers for DB2 on Linux (32 or 64 bit) for help.