This blog post will guide you through the necessary steps to prepare your AIX environment for a successful installation of IBM App Connect Enterprise.
For ACE 11.0.0.22 / 12.0.10.0 and above, the prerequisites are:-
This information can be found in the release notes for v11 and v12.
IBM Open XL C/C++ installation
- Download IBM Open XL C/C++ from the here
- Download the compiler package and uncompress / untar the file into an empty directory.
zcat IBM_OPEN_XL_CPP_RUNTIME_17...*_AIX.tar.Z | tar -xvf -
- Install IBM Open XL C/C++ using the smit command.
Run smit install_latest selecting the INPUT device / directory for software to be the path to the filesets, in this case . For current directory.
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When the installation has completed, scroll to the bottom and check that the Installation Summary shows SUCCESS.
The installation of IBM Open XL C/C++ is now complete.
GCC Installation.
GCC is available for AIX 7.2 and 7.3 so make sure you download the correct version. The minimum version is 8.3. This can be downloaded from the AIX Toolbox
When the .rpm file has been downloaded, use dnf to install the package. If dnf is not already installed on the AIX system, please see this link for details.
dnf install gcc8-8.3.0-6.aix7.2.ppc.rpm
The installation of GCC is now complete. You can now proceed with the installation of IBM App Connect Enterprise.