The AIX online documentation library is available through the IBM eServer pSeries Information Center. The IBM eServer pSeries Information Center provides information about IBM eServer pSeries and AIX.
Even if you do not want to install the operating system documentation, you should install and configure the documentation library service, because other applications might depend on this service to provide their online documentation.
This chapter covers the first-time installation and configuration of the library service. If you already have the service configured and you want to change the configuration, see Changing the Configuration of the Documentation Library Service in the AIX 5L Version 5.2 System Management Concepts: Operating System and Devices.
This chapter provides information for the following topics:
The IBM eServer pSeries Information Center installs with the Base Operating System in the following filesets:
Because the bos.rte.install fileset is always installed, the infocenter command will always be available. The X11.Dt.bitmaps and X11.Dt.rte filesets are only installed if the CDE (Common Desktop Environment) desktop is installed. If the CDE desktop is installed, an Information Center icon is available on the desktop.
The Information Center Web address is contained in the /usr/lpp/bosinst/bos.vendor.profile file. The Information Center command and icon starts the Information Center Web page in a browser only if a valid Web address is specified in this file.
To view the Information Center content fully, a Web browser that supports JavaScript is required.
The IBM eServer pSeries Information Center is available at the following Web address:
http://publib16.boulder.ibm.com/pseries/en_US/infocenter/base