All system prerequisites must be present on your system before COBOL for AIX
can be successfully installed and run.
Hardware requirements:
- COBOL for AIX, V4.1 and
its generated object programs run on any processors that are supported
by AIX® V5.3.9.0
or later, AIX V6.1.2.0 or later,
or AIX V7.1. These processors
must be configured with at least one supported display, keyboard,
and mouse.
- An SVGA 800 x 600 display (1024 x 764 recommended).
- 256 MB of memory (512 MB, or higher, recommended).
- 210 MB of disk space for the COBOL compiler,
tools, and product information.
Software requirements: Required programs
COBOL for AIX, V4.1 and
its generated object programs run on the following operating systems: AIX V5.3.9.0 or later, AIX V6.1.2.0 or later, or AIX V7.1.
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Software requirements: Optional programs
To use COBOL for AIX with
optional programs such as online help, DB2® and CICS®, additional products are required:
- Online help:
- A Mozilla browser
to access the information center.
- DB2:
- COBOL 32-bit applications that embed EXEC SQL statements require DB2 V9.1 for Linux, UNIX,
and Windows, DB2 V9.5 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows with fix pack 3, or DB2 V9.7 for Linux, UNIX,
and Windows.
- COBOL 64-bit applications that embed EXEC SQL statements require DB2 V9.1 for Linux, UNIX,
and Windows, DB2 V9.5 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows with fix pack 3, or DB2
V9.7 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows.
- CICS:
- COBOL applications that embed EXEC CICS statements
require TXSeries for
Multiplatforms:
- When you use the integrated translator: TXSeries for Multiplatforms,
Version 6.2 with PTF 1 or TXSeries for Multiplatforms, Version 7.1.
- When you use the precompiler: TXSeries for Multiplatforms,
Version 6.1, or TXSeries for
Multiplatforms, Version 6.2 with PTF 1, or TXSeries for Multiplatforms,
Version 7.1.
- When you use both the integrated translator and the precompiler:
TXSeries for
Multiplatforms, Version 6.2 with PTF 1 or TXSeries for
Multiplatforms, Version 7.1.
- Java:
- Applications that use object-oriented COBOL syntax for Java interoperability require Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition,
v1.4.2.275, or Java 2
Platform, Standard Edition, v5, or Java 2
Platform, Standard Edition, v6.
- 64–bit applications require the 64–bit version of the Java SDK.
- 32–bit applications require the 32–bit version of the Java SDK.
Verifying the amount of hard
disk space available
You
can use the following command to determine the amount of space available
in the installation location (
/usr/lpp/cobol/):
df -m /usr
Verifying that the required filesets
are installed
The following filesets must be
installed on your system in order to install IBM® COBOL for AIX, V4.1:
| Fileset name |
Fileset description |
AIX 5.3: bos.rte.5.3.9.0 or later
AIX 6.1: bos.rte.6.1.2.0 or later
AIX 7.1: bos.rte.7.1.0.0
|
Base operating system run time |
AIX 5.3: bos.rte.libc.5.3.9.0 or later
AIX 6.1: bos.rte.libc.6.1.2.0 or later
AIX 7.1: bos.rte.libc.7.1.0.0
|
Base application runtime library |
At least one of the following locale-specific filesets
must be installed on your system:
| Fileset name |
Fileset description |
| bos.loc.LANG |
Base locale support |
| bos.loc.pc.LANG |
Base system locale PC code set |
| bos.loc.utf.LANG |
Base system locale UTF code set |
| bos.loc.iso.LANG |
Base system locale ISO code set |
You can view information about the installed filesets by
using the lslpp command.
Use
the following command to determine if these filesets have been installed:
lslpp -L bos.loc.* bos.rte. bos.rte.libc