AIX Common Desktop Environment Package

AIX Version 4.3 Package Guide for LPP Installation

AIX Common Desktop Environment Package

This software package contains the run-time environment, the run-time libraries, and the run-time help system for the Common Desktop Environment. It also contains utilities to migrate from the previous version of AIXwindows Desktop (xdt) to this version of the AIX Common Desktop Environment.

Fileset Names

X11.Dt.rte	AIX Common Desktop Environment (CDE) This fileset contains the executable, configuration, and resource files required to run and customize the Desktop.
X11.Dt.lib	AIX CDE Run-Time Libraries This fileset contains the run-time libraries that support Desktop applications. Included are libraries for Desktop Services, Desktop Widgets, and Desktop Help.
X11.Dt.helprun	AIX CDE Run-Time Help This fileset contains executable, configuration, and resource files for the Desktop help system
X11.Dt.helpinfo	AIX CDE Help Files and Volumes This fileset contains the complete set of help files and volumes for the AIX Common Desktop Environment help system. These helps files are used for the default (C) locale.
X11.Dt.helpmin	AIX CDE Minimum Help Files This fileset contains the minimum set of help files and volumes for the AIX Common Desktop Environment help system. These helps files are used for the default (C) locale.
X11.Dt.bitmaps	AIX CDE Bitmaps This fileset contains the icons, backdrop, and palettes for the AIX Common Desktop Environment.
X11.Dt.ToolTalk	AIX CDE ToolTalk Support This fileset contains the executables and libraries required to provide ToolTalk services for the AIX Common Desktop Environment.
X11.Dt.xdt2cde	AIX CDE Migration Tool This fileset contains the migration tools necessary to migrate Version 3.2 xdt objects and rules to be used in the Version 4.1 AIX Common Desktop Environment.
X11.Dt.compat	AIX CDE Compatibility This fileset contains icons, action definitions, and executables that are being removed from the AIX Common Desktop Environment. This fileset should only be applied as needed since the information and commands it contains may not be available in future releases of AIX. This fileset is provided for migration assistance from AIX 4.1.1 and AIX 4.1.2 to later 4.1 modification levels.
X11.Dt.adt	AIX CDE Application Developers' Toolkit This fileset contains the developers' environment and application builder.

Approximate Disk Space Required

The AIX Common Desktop Environment package requires approximately 78.4 MB of disk space.

Requisite Software

Install requisite software either before or with the filesets you are installing from this package.

Fileset you are installing	Requisite Software
AIX Common Desktop Environment	AIXwindows Run-Time Environment
	X11.base.rte
	AIXwindows Run-Time Libraries
	X11.base.lib
	AIXwindows Motif Run-Time Libraries
	and Utility Programs
	X11.motif.lib
	AIXwindows Motif Window Manager
	X11.motif.mwm
	AIXwindows Run-Time Configuration
	Applications
	X11.apps.rte
	AIXwindows aixterm Application
	X11.apps.aixterm
	AIXwindows xterm Application
	X11.apps.xterm
	AIXwindows Client Application
	X11.apps.clients
	AIX CDE Run-Time Help
	X11.Dt.helprun
	AIX CDE ToolTalk Support
	X11.Dt.ToolTalk
	AIX CDE Run-Time Libraries
	X11.Dt.lib
	AIX CDE Bitmaps
	X11.Dt.bitmaps
	Visual System Management
	Run-Time
	Environment
	X11.vsm.rte
	Text Formatting Service
	bos.txt.tfs
	Writer's Tools
	bos.txt.spell
	AIXwindows Latin 1 Fonts
	X11.fnt.iso1
	AIXwindows Default Fonts
	X11.fnt.defaultFonts
	IBM Terminal Definitions
	bos.terminfo.ibm.data
	TCP/IP Client Support
	bos.net.tcp.client
AIX CDE Run-Time Help	AIXwindows Run-Time
	X11.base
	AIXwindows Motif Run-Time Libraries
	and Utility Programs
	X11.motif.lib
	AIX CDE Run-Time Libraries
	X11.Dt.lib
AIX CDE Help Files and Volumes	AIX CDE Minimum Help Files
	X11.Dt.helpmin
AIX CDEToolTalk Support	TCP/IP Client Support
	bos.net.tcp.client
	C Set ++ for AIX Run-Time
	xlC.rte
AIX CDE Migration Tool	AIXwindows Run-Time Environment
	X11.base.rte
	AIXwindows Run-Time Libraries
	X11.base.lib
	AIXwindows Motif Run-Time Libraries
	and Utility Programs
	X11.motif.lib
	AIX Common Desktop Environment
	X11.Dt.rte
	AIX CDE Run-Time Libraries
	X11.Dt.lib
	AIX CDE Minimum Help Files
	X11.Dt.helpmin
AIX CDE Compatibility	AIX Common Desktop Environment
	X11.Dt.rte
AIX CDE Application Developers' Toolkit	AIXwindows Run-Time Environment
	X11.base.rte
	AIXwindows Run-Time Libraries
	X11.base.lib
	AIXwindows Motif Run-Time Libraries
	and Utility Programs
	X11.motif.lib
	AIXwindows Application
	Development Toolkit Include Files
	X11.adt.include
	AIXwindows Application
	Development Toolkit Libraries
	X11.adt.lib
	AIXwindows Application
	Development Toolkit Motif
	X11.adt.motif
	AIX Common Desktop Environment
	X11.Dt.rte
	AIX CDE Run-Time Libraries
	X11.Dt.lib

Special Installation Notes

Stop the AIX Common Desktop Environment and any Desktop applications before installing another version of the software.

The AIX Common Desktop Environment can be installed in either standalone or networked environments. The filesets in this package are designed to facilitate either environment. For a standalone workstation, the following filesets must be installed: X11.Dt.rte, X11.Dt.helprun, X11.Dt.lib, X11.Dt.ToolTalk. In a networked environment, the X11.Dt.ToolTalk fileset may be installed on a server without installing the other filesets. Each client workstation, should install the following filesets: X11.Dt.rte, X11.Dt.helprun, X11.Dt.lib and X11.Dt.ToolTalk.

Special Migration Notes

When X11.Dt.rte fileset is reinstalled in Version 4.1, configuration files from /usr/dt/config, /usr/dt/appconfig, and /usr/dt/app-defaults directories are saved in /usr/lpp/save.config. The contents of these files should merged manually by the user if desired and then deleted to reclaim space. Configuration files should be copied from /usr/dt/config, /usr/dt/appconfig, and /usr/dt/app-defaults to /etc/dt/config, /etc/dt/appconfig, and /etc/dt/app-defaults respectively, and then customized from the /etc/* location.

If the AIXwindows desktop from Version 3.2 (part of the R4 release of the X11rte.ext.obj package) is installed, the root user will be prompted to choose between keeping or removing the files belonging to the old desktop. Since the root user may want to delete the files at a later time, the path name of the script that performs the deletion is provided.

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