This HOWTO gives you explicit instructions on installing DB2 Universal Database Version 7.1 for Linux on the following Intel x86−based distributions: Caldera OpenLinux 2.4, Debian, Mandrake Linux 7.2 and 8.1, Red Hat Linux 6.2 and 7.1, SuSE Linux 6.2, 6.3, 7.0, and 7.3, and TurboLinux 6.0. After installing DB2, you can work with a sample database, connect to your DB2 server from a remote machine, and administer DB2 using the DB2 Control Center.
