Hi
It's recommended to use dnf package manager to install packages so you don't have to manually run 'rpm' command on individual packages
For above case, you can install libiconv to resolve the failed dependencies.
Thanks
Ranjit
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Ranjit Ranjan
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Original Message:
Sent: Tue June 17, 2025 06:27 AM
From: Sivakumar M
Subject: Unable to launch python 3.9
Hi Team
We installed python 3.9 today in the AIX server which is running OS version AIX 7200-01-01-1642.
We are getting the below error when we launch it
Please give us the solution ASAP.
root@goxsd3134:/
$python3.9 --version
exec(): 0509-036 Cannot load program python3.9 because of the following errors:
0509-022 Cannot load module /opt/freeware/lib/libintl.a(libintl.so.8).
0509-150 Dependent module /opt/freeware/lib/libiconv.a(libiconv.so.2) could not be loaded.
0509-022 Cannot load module /opt/freeware/lib/libiconv.a(libiconv.so.2).
0509-026 System error: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
0509-022 Cannot load module python3.9.
0509-150 Dependent module /opt/freeware/lib/libintl.a(libintl.so.8) could not be loaded.
Also we got the below error when we installed " info-7.0.2-1.aix7.1.ppc.rpm "
root@goxsd3134:/mnt/AIX/python
$rpm -ivh info-7.0.2-1.aix7.1.ppc.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
libiconv >= 1.17 is needed by info-7.0.2-1.ppc
libiconv.a(libiconv.so.2) is needed by info-7.0.2-1.ppc
libncurses.a(libncurses.so.6) is needed by info-7.0.2-1.ppc
ncurses >= 6.3 is needed by info-7.0.2-1.ppc
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Sivakumar M
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