Installing man Pages Using Installation Media (AIX 4.1 and 4.2)

The following document discusses the software and procedures needed to set up both manual pages, or man pages, and InfoExplorer in AIX Versions 4.1 and 4.2 systems.

This document applies to the InfoExplorer and manual pages from the hard drive only.

These additional documents on how to set up manual pages are available from the IBM Fax Information Service:

• man Pages InfoExplorer Tips After 3.2 Install or Update, 4Fax # 2443
• Install man Pages Using Installation Media in AIX 4.3, 4Fax # 9092
• Set Up man Pages Using InfoExplorer Hypertext CDROM, 4Fax # 5734

Please refer to Chapter 14 of the 4.1 System Management Guide (SC23-2525-01).

Prerequisites:

1. The LANG variable in your environment must be set to the correct value, en_US for US English. To display the variable, enter:

    
      echo $LANG 
   

   Use the command smit chlang to change the LANG variable.

2. The following filesets must be installed on the hard disk for manual pages and InfoExplorer:
   bos.info.rte                                   Base System InfoExplorer
   
   
   bos.info.en_US.nav                     Navigation Database-en_US
   
   
   bos.info.en_US.cmds_ref          Commands Database
   
   

   To determine if these filesets are installed on your system, use the command lslpp -l filesetname.

   To install the necessary filesets, use the command smit install_latest. For more information, refer to the AIX Installation Guide.

   In addition to bos.info.rte, bos.info.en_US.nav, and bos.info.en_US.cmds_ref, the following filesets should be installed according to your application needs.

   Databases include:

   pkg_gd                                                  Package Installation Database for Current Media
   
   
   bos.info.en_US.info_help                   Help for InfoExplorer - en_US
   
   
   bos.info.en_US.smit_help                  Help for SMIT - en_US
   
   
   bos.info.en_US.adapters_gd_ref      Adapters Database
   
   
   bos.info.en_US.aix_tech_ref             AIX Technical Reference
   
   
   bos.info.en_US.assemb_ref               Assembler Database
   
   
   bos.info.en_US.files_ref                    Files Database
   
   
   bos.info.en_US.manage_gds             AIX System Management Guides Database
   
   
   bos.info.en_US.probsolv_gds             AIX Problem Solving Guides Database
   
   
   bos.info.en_US.user_gds                   AIX User Guides
   
   

To run graphical InfoExplorer, you should also install: