If you want to try out a new update of the compiler before you remove the existing one from the system, you must install the new update to a non-default location. After you have verified that you want to use the new update, you will probably want to install it in the default location by performing the following tasks:
You cannot us the xlf_install utility if you want to install XL Fortran V10.1 in a non-default location. The xlf_install utility installs XL Fortran V10.1 in the /opt/ibmcmp/ (default) directory.
You must install XL Fortran V10.1 in a non-default location in order to meet both of the following criteria:
If your current working directory contains all of the packages for XL Fortran V10.1 and no other RPM packages, you can use the following command to install all XL Fortran V10.1 packages to a single non-default directory:
rpm -ivh *.rpm --prefix installation_path