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The gcc version is OS specific. For AIX 7.1 gcc 6.3 should be used, not 9.

I have a couple of 7.1 systems and yum works. I recommend uninstalling gcc-9 (and libs) along with any dependents, and...

Please consider setting up the AIX Toolbox. This will give you yum and anything else IBM has in the Toolbox. Instructions are available at:...

Thanks for the interest :) I managed to score a couple of IBM power system drives on ebay and they seem to work just fine! I am only using them for data storage at the moment, no rootvg on them yet....

FYI, I talked with the tmux developer, Nicholas, and intend to support tmux development on AIX since he does not have access to an AIX box. Right now there is no official support for AIX and I hope...

AIX 7.1 install media has OpenSSH 5.4. Please install both the openssl and openssh upgrades from the site linked above.

Ok, tmux is now installed and running! Let's make it beautiful :)

1. Set terminal to 256 colour mode by setting TERM in your shell:
export TERM=xterm-256color 2. The IBM supplied terminfo...

Thanks! I have successfully compiled tmux on my AIX 7.1 machine :). Here's a run down of what needs to be done:

1. Download latest tmux source code from github:
git clone...

Hi, I'm going to build tmux from source on AIX 7.1. Reasons:


Terminal multiplexers are a must :)
tmux is to GNU screen (part of Toolbox) what vim is to the default AIX vi.
The later...

Just to update, I edited the file in question to define the symbols. On my AIX 7.1 box this is need to make gcc compile code with C++11 turned on (the default). Posting this here in case anyone else...

Hi, I need to look at a recent copy of /usr/include/errno.h from AIX 7.2 to check some symbols. In particular, I'm curious if it defines EOWNERDEAD and ENOTRECOVERABLE. Can someone who has access to...

mkinstallp - A search on the IBM Knowledge Center website comes up with links for AIX 7.1 and 7.2

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Link: IBM Knowledge Center - Search...

Once again, many thanks! This sort of information is very hard to find on the net! I'll keep posting updates as my project progresses.

Thanks this is very useful. Yes this is for personal use only. There will be no data on it.

One more question, perhaps slightly off topic: is it possible to use non-IBM disks on this machine? As...

Thanks for the documentation links! I'll find out and post back.

Hi, I have recently inherited an old p520 from work running AIX 6.1, based on the POWER6 CPU. I'm planning to play around with it and use it to learn the system, so this is a purely personal project....