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Platform requirements for IBM XL UPC Compilers

IBM® XL UPC Alpha Edition for AIX®, Version 0.9

Operating systems: AIX 5.2 or 5.3

Disk space: 420 MB

Software:

• IBM XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition 9.0 for AIX compiler
• A Portable Document Format (PDF) program for PDF files
• For using IBM XL UPC shared-memory implementation (SMP): No additional requirements.
• For using IBM XL UPC distributed-memory implementation (LAPI): IBM Parallel Environment for AIX, Version 4, Release 3, Modification 1

IBM XL UPC Alpha Edition for Linux®, Version 0.9

Operating system: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (SUSE 10), Service Pack 1, for IBM POWER

Disk space: Approximately 200 MB for product packages

Software:

• IBM XL C/C++ Advanced Edition 9.0 for Linux compiler
• A Portable Document Format (PDF) program for PDF files.
• For using IBM XL UPC shared-memory implementation (SMP): No additional requirements.
• For using IBM XL UPC distributed-memory implementation (LAPI): IBM Parallel Environment for AIX, Version 4, Release 3, Modification 1

XL UPC Alpha Edition for Blue Gene®/L, Version 0.9

Operating system:
• For application execution on a Blue Gene/L system: GNU Toolchain built for Blue Gene/L based on gcc 3.4.3 and glibc 2.3.6
• For program compilation on a Blue Gene/L Front End node:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3 (SLES9 SP3) for IBM POWER
  • an instance of SLES9 gcc 3.3.3

Hardware:

• IBM Blue Gene/L system
• approximately 200 MB of disk space for product packages

Software:

• IBM XL C/C++ Advanced Edition for Blue Gene/L, Version 9.0
• a Portable Document Format (PDF) program for PDF files.

Installation instructions for IBM XL UPC Compilers

IBM XL UPC Alpha Edition for AIX, Version 0.9

The IBM XL UPC AIX add-on package consists of the following Installp packages:

vac.upc
vac.upc.aix52
vac.upc.tnb

Within the above Installp packages are the following file sets, which will be installed on your system:

vac.upc.core 0.9.0.0
vac.upc.lib 0.9.0.0
vac.upc.aix52.lib 0.9.0.0
vac.upc.tnb 0.9.0.0

1. Make sure that you have root user access and that the prerequisites have been installed.
2. Install the package by using the following command:

   % installp -ad . vac.upc.aix52.lib vac.upc.core vac.upc.lib vac.upc.tnb

The package can be uninstalled by using the following command (root user access is required):

% installp -u vac.upc

IBM XL UPC Alpha Edition for Linux, Version 0.9

The IBM XL UPC Linux add-on package consists of the following RPM packages, which will be installed on your system:

vac.upc.cmp-0.9.0-0.ppc64.rpm
vac.upc.lib-0.9.0-0.ppc64.rpm

1. Make sure that you have root user access and that the prerequisites have been installed.
2. Install the package by using the following command:

   % rpm -ivh vac.upc.cmp-0.9.0-0.ppc64.rpm vac.upc.lib-0.9.0-0.ppc64.rpm

3. Generate the upc.cfg configuration file using the new_install utility:

   % /opt/ibmcmp/upc/1.0/bin/new_install

The package can be uninstalled by using the following command (root user access is required):

% rpm -e vac.upc.cmp vac.upc.lib

IBM XL UPC Alpha Edition for Blue Gene/L, Version 0.9

The IBM XL UPC Blue Gene/L add-on package consists of the following RPM packages, which will be installed on your system:

vac.bg.upc.cmp-0.9.0-0.ppc64.rpm
vac.bg.upc.lib-0.9.0-0.ppc64.rpm

1. Make sure that you have root user access and that the prerequisites have been installed.
2. Install the package by using the following command:

   % rpm -ivh vac.bg.upc.cmp-0.9.0-0.ppc64.rpm vac.bg.upc.lib-0.9.0-0.ppc64.rpm

3. Generate the upc.cfg configuration file using the new install utility:

   % /opt/ibmcmp/upc/bg/1.0/bin/new_install

The package can be uninstalled by using the following command (root user access is required):

% rpm -e vac.bg.upc.cmp vac.bg.upc.lib