If you are installing XL C/C++ V8.0 for the first time, perform the steps listed in Table 1. If you are installing an update to XL C/C++ V8.0, perform the steps listed in Table 2.
Task | For more information, see . . . |
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Become either the root user or a user with administrator privileges. | Documentation supplied with the operating system. |
Ensure that all system prerequisites are satisfied. | System prerequisites |
Use the xlc_install tool to install and configure the compiler, using the default paths. | Basic installation |
Confirm that the compiler packages were successfully installed, and test the installation. | |
Enable the compiler man pages. | Enabling the man pages |
If your system locale and/or encoding are not English (en_US), enable the compiler error messages. Otherwise, you can skip this step. | Enabling the error messages |
(Optional) If you did not choose to create symbolic links to the compiler invocation commands during the installation process, set up the environment to locate the invocation commands without the full path. Otherwise, you can skip this step. | Setting up the environment for the invocation commands |
Task | For more information, see . . . |
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Become either the root user or a user with administrator privileges. | Documentation supplied with the operating system. |
Ensure that all system prerequisites are satisfied. | System prerequisites |
Use the xlc_install tool to install the update packages. | Running the xlc_install utility to update a basic installation |
Confirm that the compiler packages were successfully installed, and test the installation. | |
(Optional) If you did not choose to create symbolic links to the compiler invocation commands during the update process, set up the environment to locate the invocation commands without the full path. Otherwise, you can skip this step. | Setting up the environment for the invocation commands |