Additional prerequisites

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You must update your system with the prerequisites that are required for the installation of IBM® Security Directory Server and its corequisite products.

See the System requirements section for links that list the prerequisites for IBM Security Directory Server and its corequisite products on each supported operating system.

The following requirements are prerequisites that must be met for specific operating systems in addition to those specified in the system requirements.

  • The Korn shell is required on AIX®, Linux®, and Solaris operating systems.
  • On SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, PDKSH is required.
  • For installation of rpm packages on AIX, download the rpm package manager for AIX systems from the following location: ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/INSTALLP/ppc/rpm.rte
  • IBM IBM XL C/C++ for AIX, Version 13.1.0.1 or later is required on AIX systems. To check the level of the IBM XL C runtime, use the following command:
    lslpp -l xlC\*
  • For supported Windows server operating systems, short name (8dot3 name) support must be enabled. 8dot3 name support is not enabled by default. To enable 8dot3 name support, see Example: Enabling 8dot3 name support for Windows
Table 1. The prerequisite packages that are required on an AIX operating system
Packages Reason Download address
Mozilla Firefox web browser for AIX To open the launchpad on AIX, a supported version of browser must exist. For more information about the web browsers for AIX, see the http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/software/aix/browsers/ website.
gtk+ RPM (gtk2-2.10.6-4.aix5.2.ppc.rpm) Eclipse changed the window system requirement from motif to gtk on UNIX operating systems. For AIX, this Eclipse window system change requires the gtk libraries to be installed to support the GUI. For IBM Installation Manager, the GUI is the wizard mode of operation. For more information about installation of the gtk libraries, see the Required gtk libraries for IBM Installation Manager on AIX technote at the http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21631478website.
X11.adt.lib fileset The X11.adt.lib fileset is a prerequisite for installing the idsldap.cltjava64 and idsldap.webadmin64 packages on AIX systems.  
xlC.rte 13.1.0.0 and xlC.aix61.rte 12.1.0.0 or later levels The IBM C++ Runtime Environment Components for AIX requires the xlC.rte 13.1.0.0 and xlC.aix61.rte 12.1.0.0 runtime levels or later.  
bos.loc.iso.en_US 5.3.0.0 IBM Security Directory Server, version 6.4 requires the minimum base level system locale fileset level at bos.loc.iso.en_US 5.3.0.0.