All fix pack installation images on the FTP site are
compressed using gzip. Before you can install a fix pack, you must copy the
image to a temporary directory and use gunzip and tar to
extract the fix pack installation image.
Procedure
To extract a fix pack installation image, perform the following steps:
- Copy the gzipped image to a temporary location.
- Change to the directory where you copied the image.
- Enter the following command to extract the file:
gunzip -c filename.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
where
filename is the fix pack you are installing.
Note: gunzip is part of the AIX 5L default installation setup. If you do not have
gunzip, install the
rpm.rte fileset from the AIX 5L installation media. The
rpm.rte fileset contains
gunzip. You can also download
gzip for AIX 5L from the website:
www.ibm.com/servers/aix/products/aixos/linux/rpmgroups.html