Tasks for basic installation
This section lists the procedures you must perform before, during, and after a basic installation.
If the conditions listed in Basic installation match your needs, a basic installation is the easiest and fastest method you can use to install.
| Task | References |
|---|---|
| Become either the root user or a user with administrator privileges. | Documentation supplied with the operating system |
| Use the install utility to install the compiler, using the default paths. | Running the install utility for a new installation |
| Confirm that the compiler packages were successfully installed, and test the installation. | |
| Enable the compiler man pages. | Enabling the manual pages |
| Enable the runtime error messages. | Enabling the error messages |
| Task | References |
|---|---|
| Become either the root user or a user with administrator privileges. | Documentation supplied with the operating system |
| Install all system prerequisites. | |
| Use the rpm utility to install the compiler, using the default paths. | |
| Use the xlc_configure utility to configure the compiler. | Configuring IBM XL C/C++ for Linux, V13.1.5 |
| Confirm that the compiler packages were successfully installed, and test the installation. | |
| Enable the compiler man pages. | Enabling the manual pages |
| Enable the runtime error messages. | Enabling the error messages |
| Optional: If you did not choose to create symbolic links to the compiler invocation commands during the configuration process, set up the environment to locate the invocation commands without the full path. Otherwise, you can skip this step. | Setting up the environment for the invocation commands |
| Task | References |
|---|---|
| Become either the root user or a user with administrator privileges. | Documentation supplied with the operating system |
| Install all system prerequisites. | |
| Use the dpkg utility to install the compiler, using the default paths. | Running the dpkg utility for a new installation (Ubuntu) |
| Use the xlc_configure utility to configure the compiler. | Configuring IBM XL C/C++ for Linux, V13.1.5 |
| Confirm that the compiler packages were successfully installed, and test the installation. | |
| Enable the compiler man pages. | Enabling the manual pages |
| Enable the runtime error messages. | Enabling the error messages |
| Optional: If you did not choose to create symbolic links to the compiler invocation commands during the configuration process, set up the environment to locate the invocation commands without the full path. Otherwise, you can skip this step. | Setting up the environment for the invocation commands |
