# Help needed to install node-red-contrib-db2-for-i

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-needed-to-install-node-red-contrib-db2-for-i/25877>\
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**Created:** [1 May 2020 17:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-needed-to-install-node-red-contrib-db2-for-i/25877 "2020-05-01T17:09:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![sara88m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@sara88m](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sara88m)\
**Post date:** [1 May 2020 17:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-needed-to-install-node-red-contrib-db2-for-i/25877/1 "2020-05-01T17:09:46Z")

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Hi everyone.  
I need to install node-red-contrib-db2-for-i on my node red, but I got error. I use win7-64x. Then I tried with node-red-contrib-db2-fixed, and I could installed it. Want to know , are these two nodes different? how I can install db2 for i on win7-64x or ubuntu 18.04? I need to connect my database on db2 with node-red.

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**Author:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Post date:** [1 May 2020 21:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-needed-to-install-node-red-contrib-db2-for-i/25877/2 "2020-05-01T21:08:34Z")

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> [@sara88m](#):
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> I need to install node-red-contrib-db2-for-i on my node red, but I got error

and the error is?

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**Author:** ![sara88m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@sara88m](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sara88m)\
**Post date:** [1 May 2020 21:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-needed-to-install-node-red-contrib-db2-for-i/25877/3 "2020-05-01T21:32:37Z")

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Unsupported platform for idb-connector@1.2.8: wanted {"os":"aix","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"win32","arch":"x64"})  
It means that I just can install it on AIX? if yes, may I use node-red-contrib-db2-fixed instead?

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [1 May 2020 21:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-needed-to-install-node-red-contrib-db2-for-i/25877/4 "2020-05-01T21:42:07Z")

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Its for IBM i systems (as stated in the read me [here](https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-red-contrib-db2-for-i))

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [1 May 2020 21:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-needed-to-install-node-red-contrib-db2-for-i/25877/5 "2020-05-01T21:44:29Z")

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Have you tried [https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-db2](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-db2) or any of the others listed in the flow library?

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**Author:** ![sara88m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@sara88m](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sara88m)\
**Post date:** [1 May 2020 21:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-needed-to-install-node-red-contrib-db2-for-i/25877/6 "2020-05-01T21:48:02Z")

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I installed node-red-contrib-db2-fixed on my node-red (i installed on win7-64x) are these two nodes alike?  
the second question is that, may i make my iot and making nodes on my ibm cloud?I have a database on ibm cloud and want to connect it to node-red.

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [1 May 2020 22:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-needed-to-install-node-red-contrib-db2-for-i/25877/7 "2020-05-01T22:01:13Z")

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No idea. Install it and try. Never used either.

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**Author:** ![sara88m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@sara88m](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sara88m)\
**Post date:** [2 May 2020 01:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-needed-to-install-node-red-contrib-db2-for-i/25877/8 "2020-05-02T01:19:32Z")

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Thank you guys. I solved my problem by installing node-red on ibm cloud and using PostgreSQL instead of node for i.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [16 May 2020 01:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-needed-to-install-node-red-contrib-db2-for-i/25877/9 "2020-05-16T01:19:34Z")

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