[capeme]

Can anyone help me with installing and configuring gcc/g++ in AIX?

[mshulman1980]

what kind of help do you need specifically?

[capeme]

what files do I need for a simple install??Gcc and g++ or just gcc? Any other rpm's?

[ross.mather]

You can get the relevant rpms from the following website:

IBM AIX Toolbox for Linux Applications - GNU and open source tools for AIX

[capeme]

once you install the rpm's do you need to do anything???I am running configure and then make on an app and it keeps telling me I have no compiler installed but I have installed gcc...maybe I need to specify path??how do I figure out path?

[ross.mather]

Once you've installed it - try logging out and then back in again - that may update any variables that need updating.

To see how the PATh is set do:
echo $PATH

to add something to the path:
PATH=${PATH}:/usr/add/path/here

Verify if gcc is in your path with:
which gcc

If that doesn't work try:
find / -name gcc -print 2> /dev/null

To see if you actually installed the compiler.

[capeme]

I think I am good with gcc..I think maybe I need to have g++ as well??I don not the difference between, do you?

[capeme]

So i got both gcc and g++ and all libraries installed and all seemed much better but the make fails and the app vendor (Xpdf) feels the problem maybe some incompatibility with libraries but since they are not AIX people they are not certain. Great. I installed everything marked for AIX 5.3 from linux toolkit for AIX , all 4.xx version, so I realy have no idea where to go from here and how to even troubleshoot this...
Do you by any chance know where or who I could talk to that may know this stuff??

[ross.mather]

You'll need to trawl the web for that. gcc is an OpenSource product so IBM doesn't provide any support.

[capeme]

Yea, I have been searching and have discovered a known problem with gcc on AIX....One that apparetnly has not been fixed so......Oh well!
Thanks