Programming

I want to start programming in C, C++ on AIX 6.1 and I want to know what I need to install on the server to do so. Do I only need to install "gcc" GNU Compiler Collection & "gcc-c++" C++ support for GCC. or do I also need "libgcc" GCC compiler dynamic runtime library? am I missing any files to install?

You want to install the whole GCC package. Look for a trustworth site with binaries or compile it up yourself. Sometimes the binaries need root, like for solaris packages, others anyone can lay down anywhere. If you build, you can set your own local tree of bin/, lib/, man/:

Code:

$ ls -d local/*/
local/bin/      local/etc/      local/info/     local/man/      local/share/
local/doc/      local/include/  local/lib/      local/openssl/  local/vnc/
$

There are compile time libraries, and run time libraries. There are prerequisite packages.

There is a runtime-only libgcc set to assist in installing your code into machines without compiler install, but the base package should have it.

Here, for example, is a trustworthy binary source for HPUX:
http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Gnu/gcc-4.2.3/