You grabbed the source instead of the apps release. The apps release has both a tar.gz and an iso. Extract or copy that to your filesystem somewhere and point a webserver at it. Then update your dnf.conf so it can find the repos, which are already made. No need for createrepo.
If you have dependency issues,
- Make sure you have the correct openssl/openssh installed. AIX 7.2 needs openssl 1.1.1 which is not in the AIX updates. See this. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/downloading-and-installing-or-upgrading-openssl-and-openssh
- run updtvpkg to make rpm aware of lpp packages it depends on.
- Make sure your AIX is properly up to date in terms of lpp's.
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Mario
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Original Message:
Sent: Mon March 27, 2023 05:42 PM
From: william buffington
Subject: I went to ESS and downloaded what I thought would be aix linux toolbox
I went to ESS and downloaded what I thought would be aix linux toolbox in order to create a repo ( dealing with infinite dependency problems). It appears what I brought down was source? Once I downloaded it and followed the instructions I ended up with /mnt/SRPMS however the instructions said it should be - /mnt/RPMS. There are ton of rpms in there, but I cannot figure out the next step. In the old days I think you would do a createrepo ( our aix servers do not have access to the internet) for a local repo. I did run one make from some instructions in the readme - rpm -hUv make-4.3-1.src.rpm successfully. But I am stuck. Not sure what to do
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william buffington
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