The installation image and packages

The IBM XL C/C++ Advanced Edition V8.0 for Blue Gene installation image is available on an installation CD.

The image includes:

Installation packages

Table 3 lists the packages that are supplied with the installation image, and the locations to which they are installed by default during a basic installation. (For rules for installing packages to custom, non-default locations, see Table 9).

You can use the Linux rpm utility to review the packages.

Table 3. XL C/C++ for Blue Gene packages and default installation locations
Package Name Package Description Default installation location
xlsmp.bg.msg.rte XL SMP runtime messages /opt/ibmcmp/msg/bg/
xlsmp.bg.rte XL SMP runtime dynamic libraries /opt/ibmcmp/lib/bg/
xlsmp.bg.lib XL SMP runtime static libraries /opt/ibmcmp/xlsmp/bg/1.6
xlmass.bg.lib IBM Mathematical Acceleration Subsystem (MASS) libraries /opt/ibmcmp/xlmass/bg/4.3
vacpp.bg.rte XL C/C++ runtime environment
/opt/ibmcmp/lib/bg/
/opt/ibmcmp/lib64/bg/
vacpp.bg.rte.lnk XL C/C++ runtime environment links /opt/ibmcmp/vacpp/bg/8.0/
vac.bg.lic XL C/C++ license /opt/ibmcmp/vac/bg/8.0/
vac.bg.lib XL C compiler libraries /opt/ibmcmp/vac/bg/8.0/
vac.bg.cmp XL C compiler files /opt/ibmcmp/vac/bg/8.0/
vacpp.bg.lib XL C++ compiler libraries /opt/ibmcmp/vacpp/bg/8.0/
vacpp.bg.cmp XL C++ compiler files /opt/ibmcmp/vacpp/bg/8.0/
vacpp.bg.samples XL C/C++ samples /opt/ibmcmp/vacpp/bg/8.0/samples/
vacpp.bg.help XL C/C++ documentation
/opt/ibmcmp/vacpp/bg/8.0/doc/
/opt/ibmcmp/vacpp/bg/8.0/man/