Running the rpm utility for a new installation (RHEL and CentOS)

The rpm utility is the alternative utility for installing XL C/C++ on RHEL or CentOS.

About this task

Note: The installation instructions provided in this topic assume that the product DVD is mounted on the /cdrom directory in the system.

Procedure

  1. Install the prerequisite software packages:
       yum install perl gcc gcc-c++ glibc libgcc libstdc++ glibc-devel libstdc++-devel
  2. Install all compiler packages into the default location, /opt/ibm/:
       rpm -Uvh /cdrom/images/littleEndian/rhel/*.rpm

What to do next

After you have installed all the compiler packages, follow the steps in Configuring IBM XL C/C++ for Linux, V13.1.4 to review the license and configure the compiler.


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