Question & Answer
Question
How do you configure a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 system to install and run IBM® Rational ClearCase?
Cause
ClearCase® requires some system packages that might not already be installed on your Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 system. These packages must be installed before you install and configure ClearCase.
Answer
The set of packages that must be installed depends on the system architecture (x86_64, PPC64LE, or s390x). The installer for the system can detect if a package is already installed and therefore will not install it again.
In addition to installing the required packages as listed in this article, additional configuration steps might be needed.
- Create symlinks for compatibility of shared libraries:
- The package
ncurses-compat-libs
is no longer available for RHEL 9. Red Hat recommends creating symlinks if required for software compatibility, as documented in https://access.redhat.com/solutions/6907421. - For ClearCase®, symlinks for
libtinfo.so.5
andlibncurses.so.5
to theso.6
versions should be created.
- The package
List of packages needed for ClearCase® 64-bit on x86_64
chkconfig
base-x
(YUM group)libstdc++
libXmu
libacl
ncurses-libs
motif
xterm
libmount
libXdmcp
libxcrypt
libxcrypt-compat
libnsl
psmisc
elfutils-libelf-devel
make
ClearTeam Explorer also requires:
gtk2
libXtst
A command-line start of ClearTeam Explorer will report missing packages that do not have an effect on the use of CTE:
adwaita-gtk2-theme
adwaita-icon-theme.noarch
libcanberra-gtk2
To install the packages, open a terminal and type the following 5 command lines:
$ sudo yum -y install chkconfig
$ sudo yum -y group install base-x
$ sudo yum -y install libstdc++ libXmu ncurses-libs motif xterm libmount libXdmcp libxcrypt libxcrypt-compat libnsl psmisc elfutils-libelf-devel make
$ sudo yum -y install gtk2 libXtst
$ sudo yum -y install adwaita-gtk2-theme adwaita-icon-theme.noarch libcanberra-gtk2 PackageKit-gtk3-module
List of packages needed for ClearCase® 64-bit on PPC64LE
chkconfig
base-x
(YUM group)libstdc++
libXmu
libacl
ncurses-libs
motif
xterm
libmount
libXdmcp
libxcrypt
libxcrypt-compat
libnsl
psmisc
elfutils-libelf-devel
make
To install the packages, open a terminal and type the following command lines:
$ sudo yum -y install chkconfig
$ sudo yum -y group install base-x
$ sudo yum -y install libstdc++ libXmu ncurses-libs motif xterm libmount libXdmcp libxcrypt libxcrypt-compat libnsl psmisc elfutils-libelf-devel make
List of packages needed for ClearCase® 64-bit on s390x
chkconfig
base-x
(YUM group)libstdc++
libXmu
libacl
ncurses-libs
motif
xterm
libmount
libXdmcp
libxcrypt
libxcrypt-compat
libnsl
psmisc
elfutils-libelf-devel
make
To install the packages, open a terminal and type the following command lines:
$ sudo yum -y install chkconfig
$ sudo yum -y group install base-x
$ sudo yum -y install libstdc++ libXmu ncurses-libs motif xterm libmount libXdmcp libxcrypt libxcrypt-compat libnsl psmisc elfutils-libelf-devel make
Related Information
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Modified date:
29 April 2024
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