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A.Rashad
Asked: 2010-05-24 02:16:01 +0800 CST

Installing gcc on AIX 5.3

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we have a development AIX 5.3 on PowerPC CPU having the standard CC compiler. I downloaded the gcc 4.2.4, unpacked it and tried to install

it seems there is something missing; untar takes around 15 minutes and ends with an error trying to create a directory starting with @ sign.

and in the gcc folder itself, I can't find a configure or a Makefile to install

any hint on how to do so?

Further update, I got version 4.3.5 and got the same error on the same location when running tar xvf gcc-4.3.5.tar

x gcc-4.3.5/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/25_algorithms/stable_partition/requirements/explicit_instantiation

tar: 0511-188 Cannot create ././@LongLink: The file access permissions do not allow the specified action.

x gcc-4.3.5/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/25_algorithms/stable_partition/requirements/explicit_instantiation

tar: 0511-169 A directory checksum error on media; -241274376 not equal to 42619.

please note that this error happened on two different tar files, both were originally compressed as bz2

installation aix gcc

3 Answers

  1. Quick search on google reveals that there are some pre-made packages for AIX - gcc 4.2.x and various other tools from GNU world...

    http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/aix/linux/toolbox/download.html

    http://www.google.pl/search?q=gcc+4.2+aix

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  2. Best Answer

    gcc turned out to be for AIX 5.1 latest. there are no available gcc packages for AIX 5.3. I would assume they are not interested in AIX since the mainstream is focused on Linux, BSD, HP UX and Solaris more than AIX.

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  3. You can just download the GCC RPMs for AIX at the IBM AIX Toolbox site

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