First off, you will need to get the following dependencies.  I was able to get most of them from the IBM Linux Toolbox here, and the rest I got from the great people at Perzl.org

Dependencies:

bison-1.875-3.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
coreutils-5.2.1-2.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
expect-5.45-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
flex-2.5.4a-6.aix4.3.ppc.rpm
gcc-4.2.0-3.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
gcc-cplusplus-4.2.0-3.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
gdbm-1.8.3-5.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
gettext-0.10.40-8.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
git-git-5bc2dc2
git-git-v1.7.10.2-569-g5bc2dc2.zip
libXft-2.2.0-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
libgcc-4.2.0-3.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
libstdcplusplus-4.2.0-3.aix5.3.ppc.rpm
libstdcplusplus-devel-4.2.0-3.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
make-3.80-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
popt-1.7-2.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
python-2.6.2-1.aix5.3.ppc.rpm
python-devel-2.6.2-1.aix5.3.ppc.rpm
readline-4.3-2.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
readline-devel-4.3-2.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
unzip-5.51-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
zlib-1.2.3-4.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
zlib-devel-1.2.3-4.aix5.2.ppc.rpm

My suggestion, just put them all in a folder and run “rpm -i -v *” in the directory.

Now that all dependencies are met (hopefully), we can go ahead and grab the GIT source from here.  I simply downloaded this, SCP-ed it to my machine and ran “unzip *.zip” on the file.

cd into the git directory and “vi Makefile” in order to change a few things in the make instructions.  Here are the changes I made:

CC = /opt/freeware/bin/gcc
AR = ar
RM = rm -f
DIFF = diff
TAR = /usr/bin/tar
FIND = find
INSTALL = /usr/linux/bin/install

Please don’t blindly follow these changes.  Change these values to the corresponding directory.  You can get this information by running “whereis” or “which” on each utility.

The final step is the command.  Since I don’t have X installed and don’t want any GUI options, I modified my install command to eleviate some of the extra dependencies that I didn’t want to install.

“gmake NO_CURL=1 NO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD=1 NO_MSGFMT=1 NO_TCLTK=1 install prefix=/opt/freeware”

This turns off things like curl, fixes my issues with fnmatch and turns off tc.  It also installs GIT to /opt/freeware.

Hope you all enjoy and things go smoothly.  If not, post any problems or questions here.

oslevel -r
Download technology or maintenance level from fix central

IBM Support: Fix Central

AIX -> Version -> FIX PACKS -> wait…

Select the fix pack you would like (with Service Pack)

Start download. Once download is complete, FTP, scp or winscp (Windows) files to the LPAR or the NIM server

To initiate install, use the following commands:
pwd

inutoc .

smitty update_all > directory .

If you don’t want to keep old version:

Make Commit -> Yes

If you want to keep old version as backout plan

Make Commit -> No
Accept License -> YES (otherwise you will have to accept each one manually…its a pain)

The install can take anywhere over an hour so patient…

Reboot LPAR

shutdown -r

Verify the upgrade

oslevel -s

oslevel -r

I truly believe that any new unix/linux user or administrator MUST spend the time learning the basics of VI. This will make you more comfortable with the terminal environment, give you the opportunity to use “set -o vi” later, and increase the efficiency of script writing. Regardless of what the popular argument says, simply learning VI will always be more efficient than writing your scripts in word on your workstation and ftp-ing or scp-ing the files over. Many tools will use vi as their editor such as cron and inittab. Also the aforementioned “set -o vi” will be a lifesaver for anyone working in unix that would like to use command history recall.

Things you need to know in VI:

Vi runs in two distinct modes (command and input). If you are not inputing text into the file, you are issuing commands to vi. These commands include things like: navigate cursor here, page up, jump to next word, and then switch to input mode.

To navigate vi you can move either with the arrow keys or the following hjkl commands:

k — navigate up
j — navigate down
h — navigate left
l — navigate right

From this you may want to navigate larger distances easier. Have no fear, there are commands for that.

:1 — beginning of document
H — beginning of current screen (top left hand side of viewing area)
0 — beginning of line
$ — end of line
G — end of document

w — forward one word
b — backward one word

<ctrl>-b — Up full screen
<ctrl>-u — Up half screen
<ctrl>-d — Down half screen
<ctrl>-f — Down full screen

To switch to input mode you use the following:

i — will switch to input mode where the cursor is located
a — will switch to input mode after the cursor
A — will switch to input mode at the end of the line
o — will open a new line below your cursor
O — will open a new line above your cursor

Change/delete:

cw — change word
dw — delete word
cc — change line
S — replace line
dd — delete line
r — replace single character with single character
s — replace single character with string
R — switch to overwrite mode

Find/replace:

/string — find string (forward)
?string — find string (backward)
:s/string/newstring — replace string with new string (once on current line)
:s/string/newstring/g — replace string with new string (on entire line)
:%s/string/newstring/g — replace string with new string (in entire file)
:ns/string/newstring — replace string with newstring (on nth line)

n — next search match
N — previous search match

Cut/Copy/Paste:

yy — copy line
dd — cut line
p — paste after cursor (cannot paste if buffer emptied by going into input mode)
P — paste before cursor

Undo:
u — undo last change
U — undo all changes to line

Save/Exit:
:w — write changes
:q — quit Vi
:wq — write and quit
:q! –quit without saving
:w newfile — save as newfile
:sh — drop down to shell (will run shell on top of Vi so need to exit shell (<ctrl>-d) to get back to Vi

**NOTE**
- undo can only work for the current line
ncmd — you can increase the repetition or length of a command by issuing a number infront of it
ie 5dd — cut/delete next five lines
10j — navigate down 10 lines
:n — go to nth line
. — repeat last command
:set all — show all of the variables you can change to increase the ease of use of VI

a few important ones:
:set (no)numbers — show line numbers
:set (no)autoindent — auto indent on new line
:set (no)showmode — display INPUT MODE when in input mode
** to turn on use “:set numbers” to turn off use “:set nonumbers”

rsct -> Reliable Scalable Cluster Technology

adt -> Application Development Toolkit

rte -> Run Time Environment

bff -> Backup File Format

rpm -> Red Hat Package Manager

ODM -> Equivalent to Windows Registry

**If filename does not contain *.rpm then it is bff -> IBM file set

Checklist

Commands

• lslpp –l [package] -> list installed packages
• oslevel –r -> View technology level
• oslevel –s -> View software level
• showmount –e [nim server] -> View all exports of NIM server (or any other server)
• whereis [program] -> Locate program on LPAR
• which_fileset [name] -> find file set for specific program
• lslpp –w [full path to program] ->show installed file sets for a program

**NOTE about NIM -> Ensure all NFS exports are done through SMIT or using IBM command to ensure all file systems are mounted at reboot**

• mount [nim server]:[path] /mnt

Steps

Smit -> Software Installation -> Install and Update -> Install -> Path

• Software to Install (F4 then ‘/’ to search for file sets)
• Commit?
• Automatically Accept New License Agreements

lslpp –f [file set] ->displays names of file added for file set