Before installing XL C/C++
The installation image and packages
Installation packages
National language support
Determining the tasks you need to perform
Tasks for basic installation
Tasks for advanced installation
System prerequisites
Verifying the amount of hard disk space available
Verifying that the required GNU, Perl, and Java packages are installed
Example: Determining the installed version of gcc-c++
Basic installation
Running the xlc_install utility for a new installation
xlc_install options
Advanced installation
Installing XL C/C++ V8.0 to co-reside with earlier versions (for advanced users)
Installing XL C/C++ V8.0 to co-reside with earlier versions in the same location
Installing XL C/C++ to a non-default location (for advanced users)
Installing all packages to a single non-default location
Installing packages to multiple, non-default locations
Example (SLES10, Y-HPC, YDL): Installing XL C/C++ V8.0 for Linux to multiple non-default directories
Installing an update
Running the xlc_install utility to update a basic installation
Configuring XL C/C++ (for advanced users)
Running the new_install utility (for advanced users)
Running the vac_configure utility directly (for advanced users)
vac_configure options
After installing XL C/C++
Querying for installed packages
Testing the installation
Basic example: Creating and running “Hello World”
Enabling the man pages
Enabling the error messages
Setting up the environment for the invocation commands
Setting the PATH environment variable to include the path to the compiler invocations
Creating symbolic links to the compiler invocations
Basic example: Creating a symbolic link to the xlc compiler invocation
Uninstalling XL C/C++
Example (SLES10, Y-HPC, YDL): Uninstalling XL C/C++ V8.0 for Linux
Troubleshooting the installation and configuration
Error messages and recommended actions
The specified directory rpmlocation_path does not exist.
rpmlocation_path does not contain . . .
Could not determine location of 32-bit or 64-bit GCC (RHEL4U2, Y-HPC, YDL)