Setting up AIX application services

Commercial packages

• WordPerfect
• ApplixWare

Freeware packages

• PDSlib packages from UCLA usually come as .tar.Z files and go into ./usr/local. Hence they can be installed as follows

  cd /
  mkdir -p /applfs/applb01/AIX/52/package 
  ln -sf   /applfs/applb01/AIX/52/package ./usr/local
  uncompress package.tar.Z | tar -xvf -
  

• Bull freeware packages are self-extracting archives (.exe) with smittable content. They will install into /usr/local directly. Hence

  mkdir -p /applfs/applb01/AIX/52/package 
  ln -sf   /applfs/applb01/AIX/52/package /usr/local
  chmod u+x package.exe
  package.exe
  inutoc ./                      # creates a toc, if not there
  

  creates a bff and an asc PGP file. With these files smitty - Install is your friend.
• Packages with no predefined path may just be unpacked as is, for example:

  mkdir -p /applfs/applb01/AIX/52/package 
  cd       /applfs/applb01/AIX/52/package 
  zcat package.tar.Z | tar -xvf -