Re: GCC Binary on IBM i AIX -- C400-L

Zvi,

One other comment...although I haven't tried it I would think it should be possible to use the RPM package manager documented on the Yips website to download a newer version of the gcc compiler.

You could probably take a peek at the wwwinstall.sh script on the Yips website to see how that script goes about installing the AIX gcc 4.0.0 compiler and instead create a new install script to pull down a more current gcc version from the AIX open source binary FTP website found here:

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/gcc/

~Ryan

On 06/07/2011 12:10 PM, Ryan Watkins wrote:

Zvi,

Any chance you can get by with the gcc compiler (4.0.0 I think) from the
Young i Professionals web site has instructions and tooling available to
install rpm packages on IBM i from the AIX Toolbox for Linux site. One
of the packages available is the gcc compiler. See here for details:

http://www.youngiprofessionals.com/wiki/PASE/OpenSourceBinaries

~Ryan

On 06/02/2011 12:31 AM, Zvi Kave wrote:

Eric, Walt,

I need relatively newer than gcc 4.1.1 that can be just copied from
tar file simply to /usr/local without any operation.
I tried to install the gcc 4.6.0 compiler from
gcc-cpp-4.6.0-1.aix5.2.ppc.rpm by rpm utility,
but I got messages about dependencies.
rpm -Uvh --force gcc-cpp-4.6.0-1.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
gcc = 4.6.0-1 is needed by gcc-cpp-4.6.0-1
AIX-rpm>= 5.2.0.0 is needed by gcc-cpp-4.6.0-1
AIX-rpm< 5.3.0.0 is needed by gcc-cpp-4.6.0-1
/bin/sh is needed by gcc-cpp-4.6.0-1
libc.a(shr.o) is needed by gcc-cpp-4.6.0-1 libgmp.a(libgmp.so.3) is
needed by gcc-cpp-4.6.0-1 libiconv.a(shr4.o) is needed by
gcc-cpp-4.6.0-1 libmpc.a(libmpc.so.2) is needed by gcc-cpp-4.6.0-1
libmpfr.a(libmpfr.so.1) is needed by gcc-cpp-4.6.0-1

Can I find a simple newer version of gcc to be copied to /usr/local
without all those annoying steps ?

Regards,

Zvi

From: Erick Garske<egarske@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: C programming iSeries / AS400<c400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 2:25 AM
Subject: Re: [C400-L] GCC Binary on IBM i AIX

Walt,

Thanks for the reference. I did find this reference with the Wiki
documentation earlier and found this exceedingly helpful.

I appreciate your response.

Erick

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[mailto:c400-l-bounces+egarske=opentext.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Walt Madden
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 1:38 PM
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Subject: Re: [C400-L] GCC Binary on IBM i AIX

Erick Garske wrote:

Here is a location referencing downloads for the binary of GCC for
AIX.

http://gcc.gnu.org/install/binaries.html

One is for AIX, one for the System p, and one for the Open Source
Packages. The likely candidate is Bull's freeware and shareware for
AIX. Is this compatible for the IBM i at V6R1M0 within AIX? If not,
is there a binary available elsewhere?

The Young i Professionals web site has instructions and tooling
available to
install rpm packages on IBM i from the AIX Toolbox for Linux site. One
of
the packages available is the gcc compiler. See here for details:

http://www.youngiprofessionals.com/wiki/PASE/OpenSourceBinaries