System prerequisites
All system prerequisites must be ready on your system before XL C and its documentation can be successfully installed.
- Supported operating systems:
- AIX® V6.1 TL 2 Service Pack 5 or later
- AIX V7.1
- AIX V7.2
- IBM® i V7.1 PASE V7.1
- IBM i V7.2 PASE V7.2
Note: Additional filesets must be installed on these systems. For details, see Required filesets for installing XL C. - Required hard disk space: 430 MB
- Required software for documentation:
- HTML browser
- PDF viewer
Verifying the amount of hard disk space available
df -m /opt
If you plan to install the compiler to a nondefault location, you can use the following command:
df -m installation_path
In this command, installation_path represents the nondefault location.
Required filesets for installing XL C
The following filesets must be installed on your system to install IBM XL C for AIX, V13.1.3.
Fileset name | Fileset description |
---|---|
bos.adt.include | Base application development include files |
bos.adt.lib | Base application development libraries |
bos.adt.libm | Base application development math libraries |
bos.rte | Base operating system run time |
bos.rte.libc | Base application runtime library |
At least one of the following locale-specific filesets must be installed on your system.
Fileset name | Fileset description |
---|---|
bos.loc.LANG | Base locale support |
bos.loc.pc.LANG | Base system locale PC code set |
bos.loc.utf.LANG | Base system locale UTF code set |
bos.loc.iso.LANG | Base system locale ISO code set |
You can view information about the installed filesets by using the lslpp command. For example, to determine if the required filesets have been installed, use the following command:
lslpp -L bos.adt.include bos.adt.lib bos.adt.libm bos.loc.\* bos.rte bos.rte.libc
MISSING REQUISITES: The following filesets are required by one or more of the
selected filesets listed above. They are not currently installed and could not
be found on the installation media.
bos.adt.libm 6.1.5.1 # Base Level Fileset
This message indicates that the bos.adt.libm fileset is required but not installed.
You can find the required bos.* filesets on your AIX OS installation image.
To install a missing fileset, use the following command:
# installp -acXgd installation_path fileset
In this command, installation_path represents the location of the fileset to be installed.