The product documentation is available in a fully searchable
HTML-based information center.
The information center is viewable on the Web at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/lnxpcomp/v111v131/index.jsp. You can also download a version of this
information center containing the product documentation for IBM XL
C/C++ for Linux, V11.1 and IBM XL Fortran for Linux, V13.1. This information
center can be installed on any RHEL 5.5 or SLES 10 SP2 system.
It can be accessed with a Web browser from the machine on which it
is installed or from other computers on the same network.
Notes: - You must have root access to launch and shut down the information
center.
- The compiler installation does not remove the information center
installed from previous versions of the product. To remove the previously
installed information center, run the following command:
rpm -e xlhelp.com
- The compressed information center package file is approximately
160 MB, and 220 MB when it is uncompressed.
Follow these steps to download the help system:
- Go to the XL C/C++ compiler
library page at http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/xlcpp/linux/library/. Download the information center package
file XLHelp-v111-v131-LINUX-64bit.tar.Z from
the download link on this page.
- Extract the package on your machine. Run the following command
to extract the files to a new directory at ./xlhelp:
zcat XLHelp-v111-v131-LINUX64.tar.Z | tar -xf -
- Enter the new directory.
cd ./xlhelp
- You can review the licence information in the following two files:
- LicenseAgreement.pdf
- LicenseInformation.pdf
- Start the information center by running the following command:
./xlhelp &
- You can access the information center either locally or remotely.
You need to have a Web browser installed on your machine to view the
information center.
- To access the information center locally, use this URL:
http://localhost:1113/help/index.jsp
- To access the information center remotely, use this URL:
http://machine_name:1113/help/index.jsp
where machine_name is
the name of the computer on which the Eclipse server has been launched.
- To stop the information center, run this command:
./xlhelp_end
- To remove the information center, you must first stop the information
center, and remove the extracted directory .xlhelp using
the following command:
rm -r ./xlhelp