Installing GSKit with installp

You can use the installp command to complete the GSKit installation on an AIX® system.

Before you begin

Access the IBM® Security Directory Suite installation media to obtain the GSKit installable.

About this task

The installp installation program installs GSKit on an AIX system.

Procedure

  1. Log in as the root user.
  2. Access the command prompt.
  3. Change the current working directory to the gskit directory where the GSKit installable is stored.
  4. Run the installp command to install the GSKit packages.
    1. To install GSKit 64-bit packages, run the following commands:
      installp -acgXd . GSKit8.gskcrypt64.ppc.rte
      installp -acgXd . GSKit8.gskssl64.ppc.rte 
    2. To install GSKit 32-bit packages, run the following commands:
      installp -acgXd . GSKit8.gskcrypt32.ppc.rte
      installp -acgXd . GSKit8.gskssl32.ppc.rte 
  5. Run the following command to verify whether the GSKit installation is successful:
    lslpp -aL GSKit8* 

Results

The installation program installs GSKit in the following locations on an AIX system:
GSKit 64-bit
/usr/opt/ibm/gsk8_64/
GSKit 32-bit
/usr/opt/ibm/gsk8/