The AIX Toolbox for Linux Applications CD that is shipped with your base operating system software contains the most commonly used open source applications that you can use with the AIX operating system. Your options for installing from this CD include:
The following procedures provide examples of installing RPM packages from AIX Toolbox for Linux Applications CD.
# geninstall -d/dev/cd0 R:cdrecord R:mtoolsThe software installation process begins at this point.
mount -vcdrfs -oro /dev/cd0 /mntThe -v flag specifies the virtual file system type of cdrfs. The -o flag specifies the ro option, which means the mounted file is read-only. The device name is /dev/cd0. The directory in which you want to mount the CD-ROM is /mnt.
cd /mnt
cd /mnt/ezinstall/ppcIn the next step, you use the rpm program to install GNOME by installing four bundles (Base, Desktop Base, GNOME Base, and GNOME Apps). Alternatively, you can install all necessary packages using the smit install_bundle fast path and selecting the GNOME bundle.
rpm -Uhv ezinstall/ppc/base/* rpm -Uhv ezinstall/ppc/desktop.base/* rpm -Uhv ezinstall/ppc/gnome.base/* rpm -Uhv ezinstall/ppc/gnome.apps/*
The -U flag updates any earlier versions of each package that you might have on your system. The -h flag prints hash marks (#) at timed intervals to indicate that the installation is progressing. The -v flag displays relevant informational or error messages that occur during the installation. Your result will look similar to the following:
rpm -Uhv ezinstall/ppc/desktop.base/*
gdbm ##################################################
libjpeg ##################################################
libpng ##################################################
libtiff ##################################################
libungif ##################################################
readline ##################################################
zlib ##################################################
If your rpm command returns an error, it is probably caused by one of the following:
/mnt/contrib/installmissing.sh ezinstall/ppc/desktop.base/*
rpm -Uhv RPMS/ppc/bc-*.rpm