Originally posted by: RandallNA

Hi All,

We are trying to install WGET & CURL on some Prod servers we have, we understand these are open source, but we would like to know if there is a secure place to download the dependencies, maybe approved by IBM? We downloaded the packages from developerworks, but as you can see below, there are a lot of dependencies we need to install, or, is there a package we can download that includes everything?

List of dependencies for WGET (taken from the downloaded files):

# rpm -qpR /tmp/pavani/wget-1.19.2-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
/sbin/install-info
/bin/sh
libc.a(shr.o)
libcrypto.a(libcrypto.so)
libintl.a(libintl.so.8)
libpthreads.a(shr_xpg5.o)
libssl.a(libssl.so)
libz.a(libz.so.1)
#

List of dependencies for CURL (taken from the downloaded files):

# rpm -qpR /tmp/pavani/curl-7.64.0-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
libssh2 >= 1.8.0-3
ca-certificates >= 2016.10.7
libgcc >= 6.3.0-1
openldap >= 2.4.45-1
libc.a(shr.o)
libc.a(shr_64.o)
libcrypto.a(libcrypto.so.1.0.2)
libcurl.a(libcurl.so.4)
libgcc_s.a(shr.o)
liblber.a(liblber-2.4.so.2)
libldap.a(libldap-2.4.so.2)
libpthread.a(shr_xpg5.o)
libpthreads.a(shr_xpg5.o)
libpthreads.a(shr_xpg5_64.o)
libs.a(shr.o)
libssh2.a(libssh2.so.1)
libssl.a(libssl.so.1.0.2)
libz.a(libz.so.1)
#

Thanks in advance for your help ..!       

Originally posted by: sangameshm

I am assuming curl and wget were downloaded from AIX Toolbox https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/aix-toolbox/alpha.html

Better approach for installing dependencies is through YUM.

Have a look at this article on how to setup and use YUM on AIX https://developer.ibm.com/articles/configure-yum-on-aix/

Without YUM then individual packages needs to be downloaded manually.

Packages which are available on AIX Toolbox is reviewed and approved by legal team.

Originally posted by: RandallNA

Thanks for your answer, sadly, those servers are not facing the internet (and can't), so I guess I need to download files manually.

Originally posted by: sanket

Here is an article on "How to configure local yum repo"

https://developer.ibm.com/articles/configure-yum-on-aix/

Originally posted by: RFluth

I would suggest that you setup a local repository server and either download directly onto the server a copy of the aixtoolbox using a tool like lftp (lots of examples available online) or download and push a copy of the AIX Toolbox to that repository server.  Then you just setup a web server to share out the repository, again lots of examples of setting up your own YUM repository server available online.  Once you have your server setup, you can either update it using a cronjob, or manually if you want greater control over versioning.

Originally posted by: Edward Davignon

Is lftp available on AIX Toolbox?  I am seeing IBM blogs referring to it, but I only see it on Michael Perzl's site.

Originally posted by: AyappanP

No. But we are considering this package in the near future. 

Originally posted by: Edward Davignon

AyappanP, thank you for considering lftp

Originally posted by: Edward Davignon

For details on libssl.a and libcrypto.a dependencies, including running updtvpkg after installing the openssl installp packages, see: Openssl for AIX Toolbox packages, at <https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/topic?id=96017324-8232-4242-9276-cd32f5d04486&ps=25>