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  • 1.  New packages in AIX Toolbox - Jan - June 2026

    Posted 06/30/26 02:36 AM
    Edited by Aditya Kamath 06/30/26 04:51 AM

    1: UV is an extremely fast package and project manager written in Rust. UV is available in the AIX Toolbox and can be installed in OS level 7.2 TL5 and above using dnf install uv. Libunwind filesets need to be installed as a prerequisite. 

    Documentation - https://docs.astral.sh/uv/

    2: Opentelemetry

    The OpenTelemetry C++ client API and SDK are now available on AIX Toolbox for application instrumentation.

    Along with opentelemetry-cpp, the OpenTelemetry collector is also available with a selected list of features. Read more about the same in the thread below.

     https://community.ibm.com/community/user/discussion/opentelemetry-cpp-and-collector-is-now-available-on-aix-toolbox

    3: CFEngine:

    A configuration management tool to automate configurations.
    https://cfengine.com/

    4: LMDB:

    LMDB is an ultra-fast, ultra-compact key-value embedded data store developed by Symas for the OpenLDAP Project.


    References:

    https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/aix-toolbox-open-source-software-whats-new



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    Aditya Kamath
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  • 2.  RE: New packages in AIX Toolbox - Jan - June 2026

    Posted 07/02/26 08:43 PM

    Thanks! I love that you all have kept the "What's New" page current! I was worried that might die off when I left - and as a user of this page now, I'm so happy you stay on top of it!



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    Jan Harris
    AIX & Security Support Engineer | Escalations, KCS & Technical Writing
    Austin
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