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Kassim, > i did not create the ldm account ... my company is very strict about > creating users only through IBM Tivoli Identity Manager (ITIM) and i'm > just trying to see, as a 'proof of concept', if ldm will compile and > install on aix5.3 before getting the go-ahead from IT bureaucracy ... is > the ldm user an absolute requirement? since this is a dev box, i might > be able to get away with creating the user. Having an LDM user isn't a necessity (I don't use one for developing the LDM). It does, however, make things easier. > nor have i edited the conf files for the same reasons above > > getconf(1) does exist: > gisdev03[root] $ which getconf > /usr/bin/getconf Having getconf(1) on a system that doesn't use the native compiler is a bad thing because getconf(1) will probably return inappropriate compiler options. We'll probably have to set the compiler options manually. > perl is installed, but i think (from the output of perl -V, attached) > that it's a perl that was compiled by IBM's cc and not gcc ... could > this be part of the problem? The LDM system doesn't care how perl(1) was built. > just ran the following commands per your suggestions: > 762 make distclean > 765 export CFLAGS='-O' > 766 echo $CFLAGS > > 775 ./configure |tee -a config_kv.log > 776 make |tee -a make_kv.log Unfortunately, the "configure" and "make" commands you executed didn't redirect the standard error stream to the same log file as the standard output stream -- so, I couldn't see any error messages. The URL <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/ldm/ldm-6.6.5/basics/source-install-steps.html#build> has shell-dependent instructions on how to do such redirection. I suggest you execute my last set of instructions again with the redirections in place. > the files are attached > > i really,really appreciate your help on this > i have to eat something and then attend a couple of meetings, so i wont > be near email for a couple of hours That's the beauty of email. :-) > thanks again > --kassim Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: MAC-518090 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: On Hold