During installation, the installer prompts you to identify the directory where you want to install Sybase IQ. The default installation directory is /opt/sybase.
Use the following formats to set the $SYBASE environment variable to the path of the directory where you plan to install Sybase IQ. In these examples, the SYBASE installation directory is /work/sybase.
For the C shell (csh), add this line to the .cshrc file:
% setenv SYBASE /work/sybase
For the Korn (ksh), Bash or Bourne (sh) shells, add this line to the .profile file:
% SYBASE=/work/sybase; % export SYBASE