Error messages and recommended actions

The compiler generates messages to help you recognize and respond to error conditions. This section provides recommended responses.

The specified directory rpmlocation_path  does not exist.

Scenario
You are running the xlf_install utility to install the compiler to the default location when you get the following error message:
ERROR: The specified directory, "rpmlocation_path", does not exist.
Action
Ensure that you have specified the location of the existing compiler packages correctly. You might need to use the -rpmloc rpmlocation_path option if you moved the xlf_install utility to a different location than the one provided in the installation image. For more information, see xlf_install options.

rpmlocation_path  does not contain . . .

Scenario
You are running the xlf_install utility to install the compiler to the default location when you get the following error message:
ERROR: rpmlocation_path does not contain all of the RPM packages
 for the XL compiler.
Action
Ensure you have all of the packages listed in Table 3 in the path before running the xlf_install utility again. You might need to use the -rpmloc rpmlocation_path option if you have moved the xlf_install utility to a different location than the one provided in the installation image. For more information, see xlf_install options.