Hi guys,

I'm a newbie trying to learn AIX administration so I apologize if this
is a dumb question. I got a used RS6000 and it has AIX 5.1. I have the
original AIX 5.1 CDs. I also got an original unopened package of XLF
6.1.

I used to use XLF 6.1 at work and I thought we were running it on AIX
5.1, but when I installed it on the RS6000 at home, I ran into trouble.

The install was successful (although I did have to install bos.adt.libm
from the AIX CD1, but I got that figured out). But when I try to
compile/link something, it gives an error.

The error says it could not load libxlf90.a. The book says to export the
right LIBPATH blah blah blah, but I don't think that'll do it. In fact,
I don't think it should be necessary.

If I look at /usr/lib/libxlf90.a I find it is a link to
/usr/lpp/xlf/lib/libxlf90.a

That, in turn, is a link to /usr/lpp/xlf/lib/aix51/libxlf90.a

BUT, the aix51 directory does not exist. No surprise. XLF 6.1 came out
before AIX 5.1 I think. There is an aix41, aix42, and aix43 directory.

So, in short, is there an update to the library for aix51, or maybe XLF
6.1 really can't be supported on AIX 5.1 and I need to purchase a more
recent version of XLF?

Any input would be helpful.

Thanks,
Dave