Originally posted by: BuSchu

I tried to install gcc 7.2 on AIX 7.2:

# :-)rpm -ihv gcc-7.2.0-1.aix7.2.ppc.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
        gcc-cpp = 7.2.0-1 is needed by gcc-7.2.0-1.ppc
        info is needed by gcc-7.2.0-1.ppc

The only info version is 6.3:

# :-)rpm -ihv info-6.3-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm 
error: Failed dependencies:
        libncurses.a(libncurses.so.6) is needed by info-6.3-1.ppc

The only ncurses version is 6.0:

# :-)rpm -ihv ncurses-6.0-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
        libstdc++.a(libstdc++.so.6) is needed by ncurses-6.0-1.ppc

There is no version 6.xx of libstdc++ for 7.2, only for 7.1, and, of course, I was unable to install it:

# :-)rpm -ihv libstdcplusplus-6.3.0-1.aix7.1.ppc.rpm 
error: Failed dependencies:
        libgcc = 6.3.0-1 is needed by libstdc++-6.3.0-1.ppc
        AIX-rpm < 7.2.0.0 is needed by libstdc++-6.3.0-1.ppc

Because AIX-rpm is part of the OS, I think it's impossible to install this last package on AIX 7.2

Is it really not possible to install gcc 7.2 on on AIX 7.2? Are there really packages on the toolbox page which cannot be installed because of unsatisfied dependencies?

Regards

Burkhard Schultheis

Originally posted by: Nitish Mishra

Hi !!

All the gcc rpms and versions are available here: ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc-7.2/gcc/ for AIX 7.2.

But you DON'T need to install libstdc++-6.3.0. You can directly install libstdc++-7.2.0 and it does provide libstdc++.so.6 which is required for ncurses.

So, easy way is,  download required gcc (and all other needed sub-rpms) and their dependencies like info, ncurses etc from aix toolbox in one directory and simply give rpm -ivh * command.

Still if you see any issue, just reply I will sort it out.

Thanks and Regards

Originally posted by: sanket

The easiest way to install all dependencies austomatically is by using YUM.

Install yum on your AIX by running this script yum.sh on your AIX machine.